15 For the hope of the impious is like feathers, which are blown away by the wind, and like a thin foam, which is dispersed by a storm, and like smoke, which is scattered by the wind, and like the memory of a guest who passes by one day.
16 But the just will live forever, and their reward is with the Lord, and the thought of them is with the Most High.
17 Therefore, they will receive a beautiful kingdom and a crown of splendor from the hand of the Lord, for with his right hand he will cover them, and with his holy arm he will defend them.
18 And his zeal will take up arms, and he will equip his servants for retribution on their enemies.
19 He will put on justice as a breastplate, and he will grasp sure judgment as a helmet.
20 He will select fairness as an invincible shield.
21 Yet he will sharpen his severe wrath into a spear, and he will fight with those of the world against the irrational.