Storms come, and the wicked are blown away, but honest people are always safe.

I have seen fools who looked secure, but I called down a sudden curse on their homes.

Hungry people will eat the fool's crops--- even the grain growing among thorns --- and thirsty people will envy his wealth.

They will not remain rich for long; nothing they own will last. Even their shadows will vanish,

no wicked people have been happy for long.

but they will be blown away like dust. Those who used to know them will wonder where they have gone.

The wicked will disappear from the place where they used to live;

The wicked may have too much silver to count and more clothes than anyone needs;

The wicked build houses like a spider's web or like the hut of a slave guarding the fields.

All that wicked people want is to find evil things to do, but the righteous stand firm.

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

Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion, which can never be shaken, never be moved.

As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the LORD surrounds his people, now and forever.

Thank God for your good sense and for what you have done today in keeping me from the crime of murder and from taking my own revenge.

and I pray that Christ will make his home in your hearts through faith. I pray that you may have your roots and foundation in love,

Keep your roots deep in him, build your lives on him, and become stronger in your faith, as you were taught. And be filled with thanksgiving.