⁷ When the wicked die, hope perishes,
    and the expectation of strength comes to nothing.^(A)

²⁸ The hope of the righteous ends in gladness,
    but the expectation of the wicked comes to nothing.

¹³ Such are the paths of all who forget God;
    the hope of the godless shall perish.^(A)
14 Their confidence is gossamer,
    a spider’s house their trust.

²⁰ But the eyes of the wicked will fail;
    all way of escape will be lost to them,
    and their hope is to breathe their last.”^(A)

³² The wicked are overthrown by their evildoing,
    but the righteous find a refuge in their integrity.^[a](A)

⁴ When their breath departs, they return to the earth;
    on that very day their plans perish.^(A)

⁹ The enemy said, ‘I will pursue; I will overtake;
    I will divide the spoil; my desire shall have its fill of them.
    I will draw my sword; my hand shall destroy them.’^(A)
10 You blew with your wind; the sea covered them;
    they sank like lead in the mighty waters.^(B)

⁹ Will you still say, “I am a god,”
    in the presence of those who kill you,
though you are but a mortal and no god,
    in the hands of those who pierce you?