¹In those days when He hath brought a grievous fire upon thee, Whither will ye flee, and where will ye find deliverance ? And when He launches forth His Word against thee Wilt thou not be affrighted and fear ?

²And all the luminaries shall be affrighted with great fear, And all the earth shall be affrighted and tremble and be alarmed.

³And all the angels shall execute their commandst And shall seek to hide themselves from the presence of the Great Glory, And the children of earth shall tremble and quake; And ye sinners shall be cursed for ever, And ye shall have no peace.

⁴Fear ye not, ye souls of the righteous, And be hopeful ye that have died in righteousness.

⁵And grieve not if thy soul into Sheol has descended in grief, And that in thy life thy body fared not according to thy goodness, But wait for the day of the judgement of sinners And for the day of cursing and chastisement.

⁶And yet when ye die the sinners speak over thee: " As we die, so die the righteous, And what benefit do they reap for their deeds ?

⁷Behold, even as we, so do they die in grief and darkness, And what have they more than we ? From henceforth we are equal.

⁸And what will they receive and what will they see for ever ? Behold, they too have died, And henceforth for ever shall they see no light."

⁹I tell thee, ye sinners, ye are content to eat and drink, and rob and sin, and strip men naked, and 10 acquire wealth and see good days. Have ye seen the righteous how their end falls out, that no manner 11 of violence is found in them till their death ? " Nevertheless they perished and became as though they had not been, and their spirits descended into Sheol in tribulation."