17  “How often is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out?

That their calamity comes upon them?

That God¹ distributes pains in his anger?

15  From the wicked their ^blight is withheld,

and their uplifted arm is ^cbroken.

9  The light of the righteous rejoices,

but the ^elamp of the wicked will be put out.

4  Haughty eyes and a proud heart,

the lamp¹ of the wicked, are sin.

20  for the evil man has no future;

the ^jlamp of the wicked will be put out.