40 ¹² All bribery and injustice will be blotted out,
but good faith will stand for ever.
40 ¹³ The wealth of the unjust will dry up like a torrent,
and crash like a loud clap of thunder in a rain.
40 ¹⁴ A generous man will be made glad;
likewise transgressors will utterly fail.
40 ¹⁵ The children of the ungodly will not put forth many branches;
they are unhealthy roots upon sheer rock.
40 ¹⁶ The reeds by any water or river bank
will be plucked up before any grass.
40 ¹⁷ Kindness is like a garden of blessings,
and almsgiving endures for ever.