For what hope has the godless, when he is cut off, when God takes his soul?
But the eyes of the wicked will fail, and escape will elude them; their only hope is their dying breath.”
In His hand is the life of every creature, and the breath of all the human race.
This, too, will be my salvation for no godless can come before Him.
For the company of the godless is barren, and fire consumes the tents of bribery.
that the triumph of the wicked is short and the joy of the godless is but for a moment?
“May my enemy be like the wicked my enemy like the unrighteous.
Is it not calamity for the unjust, and disaster for workers of iniquity?
Such are the ways of all who forget God; the hope of the godless perishes—
For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world but forfeits his soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?
“But woe to you, Torah scholars and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut people out of the kingdom of heaven. For you do not enter yourselves, nor do you let those enter who are trying to go in.
“For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses or forfeits himself?
We know that God doesn’t listen to sinners; but if anyone fears Him and does His will, He hears this one.
Then you returned and wept before Adonai, but Adonai did not listen to your voice or pay attention to you.
When the day comes and you cry out because of your king, whom you have chosen for yourselves, Adonai will not answer you on that day.”