I trust in the LORD for safety. How foolish of you to say to me, "Fly away like a bird to the mountains,

Fools say to themselves, "There is no God!" They are all corrupt, and they have done terrible things; there is no one who does what is right.

But if he is a bad servant, he will tell himself that his master will not come back for a long time,

They make loans without charging interest and cannot be bribed to testify against the innocent. Whoever does these things will always be secure.

I felt secure and said to myself, "I will never be defeated."

Why do people commit crimes so readily? Because crime is not punished quickly enough.

You thought you would always be a queen, and did not take these things to heart or think how it all would end.

'Let's get some wine,' these drunkards say, 'and drink all we can hold! Tomorrow will be even better than today!' "

Like tangled thorns and dry straw you drunkards will be burned up!

But if he is a bad servant, he will tell himself that his master will not come back for a long time,

When people say, "Everything is quiet and safe," then suddenly destruction will hit them! It will come as suddenly as the pains that come upon a woman in labor, and people will not escape.