“ Here’s something to think about. Have people who aren’t guilty ever been wiped out? Have honest people ever been completely destroyed?

请你追想：无辜的人有谁灭亡？正直的人在何处剪除？

“请你追想：无辜的人有谁灭亡？正直的人何处被剪除？

“请你追想：无辜的人有谁灭亡？正直的人何处被剪除？

你想一想，哪有无辜的人灭亡？哪有正直的人遭殃？

请想一想，无辜的人有谁灭亡？哪有正直的人被剪除呢？

請你追想：無辜的人有誰滅亡？正直的人在何處剪除？

「請你追想：無辜的人有誰滅亡？正直的人何處被剪除？

「請你追想：無辜的人有誰滅亡？正直的人何處被剪除？

你想一想，哪有無辜的人滅亡？哪有正直的人遭殃？

請想一想，無辜的人有誰滅亡？哪有正直的人被剪除呢？

『你請追想：無辜人有誰滅亡？正直人在哪裏被抹除呢？

試思無辜者伊誰淪沒、端正者何處見絕、

試思無辜者何時危亡、行義者何時見絕。

爾試思無辜者有誰喪亡、正直者何嘗見絕、

“ Consider now: Who, being innocent, has ever perished? Where were the upright ever destroyed?

“ Remember: who that was innocent ever perished? Or where were the upright cut off?

“ Stop and think! Do the innocent die? When have the upright been destroyed?

Consider: Who has perished when he was innocent? Where have the honest been destroyed?

“ Remember now, who ever perished being innocent? Or where were the upright destroyed?

“ Remember now, who ever perished being innocent? Or where were the upright ever cut off?

Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? Or where were the upright cut off?

Consider: who has perished when he was innocent? Where have the honest been destroyed?

Remember, I pray thee, who[ ever] perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off?

Call to mind now: Who, being innocent, ever perished? And where were upright people ever destroyed?

“ Remember, now, whoever perished, being innocent? Or where were the upright cut off?

I once was young, and now I’m old. But I’ve never seen godly people deserted. I’ve never seen their children begging for bread.

Since all this is true, then the Lord knows how to save godly people. He knows how to keep them safe in times of testing. The Lord also knows how to keep ungodly people under guard. He will do so until the day they will be judged and punished.

“ I’m sure God doesn’t turn his back on anyone who is honest. And he doesn’t help those who do what is evil.

In my meaningless life here’s what I’ve seen. I’ve seen godly people dying even though they are godly. And I’ve seen sinful people living a long time even though they are sinful.

He watches over those who do what is right. He puts them on thrones as if they were kings. He honors them forever.

I thought about all these things. I realized that those who are wise and do what is right are under God’s control. What they do is also under his control. But no one knows whether they will be loved or hated.Everyone will die someday. Death comes to godly and sinful people alike. It comes to good and bad people alike. It comes to“ clean” and“ unclean” people alike. Those who offer sacrifices and those who don’t offer them also die. A good person dies, and so does a sinner. Those who make promises die. So do those who are afraid to make them.

The people of the island saw the snake hanging from his hand. They said to one another,“ This man must be a murderer. He escaped from the sea. But the female god Justice won’t let him live.”

It all amounts to the same thing. That’s why I say,‘ God destroys honest people and sinful people alike.’Suppose a plague brings sudden death. Then he laughs when those who haven’t sinned lose hope.