that the elation of the wicked is brief, ¹  the joy of the godless ²  lasts but a moment. ³ 

influenced by the hypocrisy of liars ¹  whose consciences are seared. ² 

How can you say to your brother, ‘Brother, let me remove the speck from your eye,’ while you yourself don’t see the beam in your own? You hypocrite! First remove the beam from your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.

Moreover, this will become my deliverance, for no godless person would come before him. ¹ 

For the company of the godless is barren, ¹  and fire ²  consumes the tents of those who accept bribes. ³ 

Upright men are appalled ¹  at this; the innocent man is troubled ²  with the godless.

For what hope does the godless have when he is cut off, ¹  when God takes away his life? ² 

The godless at heart ¹  nourish anger, ²  they do not cry out even when he binds them.

With his speech ¹  the godless person ²  destroys ³  his neighbor, but by knowledge ⁴  the righteous will be delivered.

They will bear their punishment; ¹  the punishment of the one who sought an oracle will be the same as the punishment of the prophet who gave it ² 

And the rest of the Jews also joined with him in this hypocrisy, so that even Barnabas was led astray with them ¹  by their hypocrisy.

When I tripped, they taunted me relentlessly, ¹  and tried to bite me. ² 

Sinners are afraid in Zion; panic ¹  grips the godless. ²  They say, ³  ‘Who among us can coexist with destructive fire? Who among us can coexist with unquenchable ⁴  fire?’

and in the morning, ‘It will be stormy today, because the sky is red and darkening.’ ¹  You know how to judge correctly the appearance of the sky, ²  but you cannot evaluate the signs of the times.

Woe to you! ¹  You are like unmarked graves, and people ²  walk over them without realizing it!” ³ 

So the sovereign master was not pleased ¹  with their young men, he took no pity ²  on their orphans and widows; for the whole nation was godless ³  and did wicked things, ⁴  every mouth was speaking disgraceful words. ⁵  Despite all this, his anger does not subside, and his hand is ready to strike again. ⁶ 

I sent him ¹  against a godless ²  nation, I ordered him to attack the people with whom I was angry, ³  to take plunder and to carry away loot, to trample them down ⁴  like dirt in the streets.

I hate your new moon festivals and assemblies; they are a burden that I am tired of carrying.

Therefore I will again do an amazing thing for these people – an absolutely extraordinary deed. ¹  Wise men will have nothing to say, the sages will have no explanations.” ² 

“Then there will arise in his place a despicable person ¹  to whom the royal honor has not been rightfully conferred. He will come on the scene in a time of prosperity and will seize the kingdom through deceit.