⁷May my enemy be like the wicked ⁸For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off, ⁹Will God hear his cry ¹⁰Will he delight in the Almighty? ¹¹I will instruct you in the power of God. ¹²Surely all of you have seen it for yourselves. ¹³This is the wicked man’s portion from God — ¹⁴Though his sons are many, they are destined for the sword; ¹⁵His survivors will be buried by the plague, ¹⁶Though he heaps up silver like dust ¹⁷what he lays up, the righteous will wear, ¹⁸The house he built is like a moth’s cocoon, ¹⁹He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more; ²⁰Terrors overtake him like a flood; ²¹The east wind carries him away, and he is gone; ²²It hurls itself against him without mercy ²³It claps its hands at him