14 The wicked tell God to leave them alone;they don't want to know his will for their lives.
15 They think there is no need to serve Godnor any advantage in praying to him.
16 They claim they succeed by their own strength,but their way of thinking I can't accept.
17 Was a wicked person's light ever put out?Did one of them ever meet with disaster?Did God ever punish the wicked in anger
18 and blow them away like straw in the wind,or like dust carried away in a storm?
19 You claim God punishes a child for the sins of his father.No! Let God punish the sinners themselves;let him show that he does it because of their sins.
20 Let sinners bear their own punishment;let them feel the wrath of Almighty God.