5:12 Or like as when an arrow is shot at a mark, it parteth the air, which immediately cometh together again, so that a man cannot know where it went through:
5:13 Even so we in like manner, as soon as we were born, began to draw to our end, and had no sign of virtue to shew; but were consumed in our own wickedness.
5:14 For the hope of the ungodly is like dust that is blown away with the wind; like a thin froth that is driven away with the storm; like as the smoke which is dispersed here and there with a tempest, and passeth away as the remembrance of a guest that tarrieth but a day.
5:15 But the righteous live for evermore; their reward also is with the Lord, and the care of them is with the most High.
5:16 Therefore shall they receive a glorious kingdom, and a beautiful crown from the Lord’s hand: for with his right hand shall he cover them, and with his arm shall he protect them.
5:17 He shall take to him his jealousy for complete armour, and make the creature his weapon for the revenge of his enemies.
5:18 He shall put on righteousness as a breastplate, and true judgment instead of an helmet.
5:19 He shall take holiness for an invincible shield.
5:20 His severe wrath shall he sharpen for a sword, and the world shall fight with him against the unwise.
5:21 Then shall the right aiming thunderbolts go abroad; and from the clouds, as from a well drawn bow, shall they fly to the mark.