²⁹ Such is the fate God allots the wicked,
    the heritage appointed for them by God.”^(A)

¹⁷ “Yet how often is the lamp of the wicked snuffed out?^(A)
    How often does calamity^(B) come upon them,
    the fate God allots in his anger?^(C)

³⁰ that the wicked are spared from the day of calamity,^(A)
    that they are delivered from^[a] the day of wrath?^(B)

² For what is our lot^(A) from God above,
    our heritage from the Almighty on high?^(B)
3 Is it not ruin^(C) for the wicked,
    disaster^(D) for those who do wrong?^(E)