7 Let us have our fill of costly wine and perfumes,and let no springtime blossom pass us by;
8 let us crown ourselves with rosebuds before they wither.
9 Let no meadow be free from our wantonness;everywhere let us leave tokens of our merriment,for this is our portion, and this our lot.
10 Let us oppress the righteous poor;let us neither spare the widownor revere the aged for hair grown white with time.
11 But let our strength be our norm of righteousness;for weakness proves itself useless.
12 Let us lie in wait for the righteous one, because he is annoying to us;he opposes our actions,Reproaches us for transgressions of the lawand charges us with violations of our training.
13 He professes to have knowledge of Godand styles himself a child of the Lord.