52 For you, paradise is opened, the tree of life is planted, the future time is prepared, abundance is made ready, the city is built, rest is appointed, goodness is perfected, and wisdom is perfected in advance.
53 The root of evil is sealed off from you, weakness is abolished from you, and death is hidden; the netherworld and decay have fled into oblivion.
54 Sorrows have passed, and the treasure of immortality is displayed to the end.
55 Therefore, don’t continue to ask about the great many who perish.
56 They also received freedom, but they despised the Most High, spoke ill of his Law, and abandoned his ways.
57 Moreover, they also trampled his righteous ones.
58 They said in their heart that there is no God, even though they knew that they would have to die.