I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when panic strikes you,
He who sits in the heavens laughs; the Lord has them in derision.
but the Lord laughs at the wicked, for he sees that his day is coming.
But thou, O Lord, dost laugh at them; thou dost hold all the nations in derision.
What the wicked dreads will come upon him, but the desire of the righteous will be granted.
A man is commended according to his good sense, but one of perverse mind is despised.
Condemnation is ready for scoffers, and flogging for the backs of fools.
Toward the scorners he is scornful, but to the humble he shows favor.
therefore calamity will come upon him suddenly; in a moment he will be broken beyond healing.
For I tell you, none of those men who were invited shall taste my banquet.’ ”
And as the Lord took delight in doing you good and multiplying you, so the Lord will take delight in bringing ruin upon you and destroying you; and you shall be plucked off the land which you are entering to take possession of it.
Go and cry to the gods whom you have chosen; let them deliver you in the time of your distress.”