For there is no future for the evil-doer; The lamp of the wrongdoers is put out.
Let him not trust in falsehood, deceiving himself, for falsehood is his reward.
How often is the lamp of the wrong put out, and does come upon them their calamity, sorrows He allots in His displeasure?
Upon the wrong He rains snares, Fire and sulphur and a scorching wind Are the portion of their cup.
For they soon wither like grass, And fade like green plants.
Yod The wrong return to She’ol, All the nations that forget Elohim.
The light of the righteous rejoices, But the lamp of the wrong is put out.
He who has a crooked heart finds no good, And he who has a perverse tongue falls into evil.
Whoever curses his father or his mother, His lamp is put out in deep darkness.
A haughty look, a proud heart, The lamp of the wrong, are sin.
For certain, there is a hereafter, And let your expectancy not be cut off.
“Woe to the wrong – evil! For the reward of his hand is done to him.
And the foolish said to the wise, ‘Give us of your oil, because our lamps are going out.’ ”
but the sons of the reign shall be cast out into outer darkness – there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”
wild waves of the sea foaming up their own shame, straying stars for whom blackness of darkness is kept forever.