¹⁷ The wicked go down to the realm of the dead,^(A)
    all the nations that forget God.^(B)

²² “Consider this, you who forget God,^(A)
    or I will tear you to pieces, with no one to rescue you:^(B)

¹³ that you forget^(A) the Lord your Maker,^(B)
    who stretches out the heavens^(C)
    and who lays the foundations of the earth,
that you live in constant terror^(D) every day
    because of the wrath of the oppressor,
    who is bent on destruction?
For where is the wrath of the oppressor?^(E)

⁶ That person will be like a bush in the wastelands;
    they will not see prosperity when it comes.
They will dwell in the parched places^(A) of the desert,
    in a salt^(B) land where no one lives.