"The light of the wicked indeed goes out, And the flame of his fire does not shine.

That the triumphing of the wicked is short, And the joy of the hypocrite is [but] for a moment?

For the wicked are reserved for the day of doom; They shall be brought out on the day of wrath.

The LORD tests the righteous, But the wicked and the one who loves violence His soul hates.

"[There is] no peace," Says my God, "for the wicked."

Then you shall again discern Between the righteous and the wicked, Between one who serves God And one who does not serve Him.

"So it will be at the end of the age. The angels will come forth, separate the wicked from among the just,

"and cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth."

"and come forth -- those who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of condemnation.

But You, O God, shall bring them down to the pit of destruction; Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; But I will trust in You.

Therefore this iniquity shall be to you Like a breach ready to fall, A bulge in a high wall, Whose breaking comes suddenly, in an instant.

By covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words; for a long time their judgment has not been idle, and their destruction does not slumber.

For who knows what [is] good for man in life, all the days of his vain life which he passes like a shadow? Who can tell a man what will happen after him under the sun?

"My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, And are spent without hope.

Oh, remember that my life [is] a breath! My eye will never again see good.

He comes forth like a flower and fades away; He flees like a shadow and does not continue.

Indeed, You have made my days [as] handbreadths, And my age [is] as nothing before You; Certainly every man at his best state [is] but vapor. Selah

Man is like a breath; His days [are] like a passing shadow.

whereas you do not know what [will happen] tomorrow. For what [is] your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away.