I in turn will laugh when disaster strikes you; I will mock when calamity overtakes you—
but the Lord laughs at the wicked, for he knows their day is coming.
The One enthroned in heaven laughs; the Lord scoffs at them.
What the wicked dread will overtake them; what the righteous desire will be granted.
I tell you, not one of those who were invited will get a taste of my banquet.’ ”
Therefore disaster will overtake him in an instant; he will suddenly be destroyed—without remedy.
Go and cry out to the gods you have chosen. Let them save you when you are in trouble!”
Just as it pleased the Lord to make you prosper and increase in number, so it will please him to ruin and destroy you. You will be uprooted from the land you are entering to possess.
But you laugh at them, Lord; you scoff at all those nations.
He mocks proud mockers but shows favor to the humble and oppressed.
A person is praised according to their prudence, and one with a warped mind is despised.
Penalties are prepared for mockers, and beatings for the backs of fools.