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17 They said to God, ‘Leave us alone!
    The Almighty can do nothing to us.’
18 But it was God who filled their houses with good things.
    Their way of thinking is different from mine.

19 “Good people can watch and be glad;
    the innocent can laugh at them and say,

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17 They said to God, ‘Leave us alone!
    What can the Almighty do to us?’(A)
18 Yet it was he who filled their houses with good things,(B)
    so I stand aloof from the plans of the wicked.(C)
19 The righteous see their ruin and rejoice;(D)
    the innocent mock(E) them, saying,

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