^7 (A)The wicked are ^(B)overthrown and are no more,
    ^(C)but the house of the righteous will stand.

² For they will soon ^(A)fade like ^(B)the grass
    and wither ^(C)like the green herb.

^9 (A)For the evildoers shall be cut off,
    but those who wait for the Lord shall ^(B)inherit the land.

¹⁵ Because you have said, “We have made a covenant with death,
    and with Sheol we have an agreement,
when the ^(A)overwhelming whip passes through
    it will not come to us,
for we have made ^(B)lies our refuge,
    and in falsehood we have taken shelter”;
¹⁶ therefore thus says the Lord God,
^(C)“Behold, I am the one who has laid^[a] as a foundation ^(D)in Zion,
    a stone, a tested stone,
a precious cornerstone, of a sure foundation:
    ‘Whoever believes will not be in haste.’
¹⁷ And I will make justice ^(E)the line,
    and righteousness ^(F)the plumb line;
and hail will sweep away the refuge of lies,
    and waters will overwhelm the shelter.”
¹⁸ Then ^(G)your covenant with death will be annulled,
    and your agreement with Sheol will not stand;
when the overwhelming scourge passes through,
    you will be beaten down by it.