Vengeance is Mine, and recompense; their foot shall slip in due time; for the day of their calamity is near, and the things prepared have made haste upon them.

My steps have been upheld in Your paths, so that my footsteps have not slipped.

If I had said, My foot slips, Your mercy, O Jehovah, holds me up.

Give glory to Jehovah your God, before He causes darkness, and before your feet stumble on the dark mountains, and, while you are looking for light, He turns it into the shadow of death, and makes it gross darkness.

The light of the wicked shall be extinguished, and the flame of his fire shall not shine.

The light of the righteous rejoices, but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

Whoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in deep darkness.

And the foolish said to the wise, Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.

Does the wild ass bray when it has grass, or does the ox low over its fodder?

I also could speak as you do, if your soul were in the place of my soul. I could heap up words against you, and shake my head at you.

Have mercy upon us, O Jehovah, have mercy upon us! For we are more than enough held in contempt.

Our soul has more than enough of the derision of those who are at ease, with the contempt of the proud who oppress us.

Woe to those at ease in Zion, and those trusting in the mountain of Samaria, noted as chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel came.

You who put the evil day far away, and cause the seat of violence to come near,

who chant with the sound of the lute; they invent instruments of song for themselves like David;

And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years; take your ease; eat, drink, and be merry.

There was a certain rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and fared sumptuously every day.

And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, full of sores, who was laid at his gate,