18 The wicked are swept away by floods,and the land they own is under God's curse;they no longer go to work in their vineyards.
19 As snow vanishes in heat and drought,so sinners vanish from the land of the living.
20 Not even their mothers remember them now;they are eaten by worms and destroyed like fallen trees.
21 That happens because they ill-treated widowsand showed no kindness to childless women.
22 God, in his strength, destroys the mighty;God acts — and the wicked die.
23 God may let them live secure,but keeps an eye on them all the time.
24 For a while the wicked prosper,but then they wither like weeds,like ears of corn that have been cut off.