6 Isn’t your piety your confidence,

and the integrity of your lifeB your hope?j

7 Consider: Who has perished when he was innocent?

Where have the honestC been destroyed?k

8 In my experience, those who plow injustice

and those who sow troublel reap the same.m

9 They perish at a single blastn from God

and come to an end by the breath of his nostrils.o

10 The lion may roar and the fierce lionp growl,

but the teeth of young lions are broken.q

11 The strong lion dies if it catches no prey,

and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.r