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.