2 When it is present people imitate it,and they long for it when it is gone;Forever it marches crowned in triumph,victorious in unsullied deeds of valor.
3 But the numerous progeny of the wicked shall be of no avail;their spurious offshoots shall not strike deep rootnor take firm hold.
4 For even though their branches flourish for a time,they are unsteady and shall be rocked by the windand, by the violence of the winds, uprooted;
5 Their twigs shall be broken off untimely,their fruit useless, unripe for eating,fit for nothing.
6 For children born of lawless unionsgive evidence of the wickedness of their parents, when they are examined.
7 But the righteous one, though he die early, shall be at rest.
8 For the age that is honorable comes not with the passing of time,nor can it be measured in terms of years.