7 Why ado the wicked still live,
Continue on, also become very bpowerful?
8 Their aseed is established with them in their presence,
And their offspring before their eyes,
9 Their houses aare safe from dread,
And the rod of God is not on them.
10 His ox mates and does not fail;
His cow calves and does not miscarry.
11 They send forth their little ones like the flock,
And their children skip about.
12 They lift up the tambourine and harp
And are glad at the sound of the pipe.
13 They aspend their days in prosperity,
And suddenly they go down to Sheol.
14 They say to God, ‘aDepart from us!
We do not even desire the knowledge of Your ways.
15 Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him,
And awhat would we profit if we entreat Him?’
16 Behold, their prosperity is not in their hand;
The acounsel of the wicked is far from me.
17 “How often is athe lamp of the wicked put out,
Or does their bdisaster fall on them?
Does God apportion destruction in His anger?
18 Are they as astraw before the wind,
And like bchaff which the storm steals away?
19 You say, ‘aGod stores away a man’s wickedness for his sons.’
Let God repay him so that he may know it.
20 Let his aown eyes see his decay,
And let him bdrink of the wrath of the Almighty.
21 For what desire does he have for his household after him,
When the number of his months is cut off?