Yahweh tells the righteous why they need not fear. They may be confident in the eternities and in their ultimate salvation. Just as Yahweh contrasted the world’s seeming permanence with the real permanence of his gospel, so here he contrasts the apparent power of the revilers with salvation. Those who seem so powerful now that nothing can stand against them will be destroyed as easily as a lowly moth eats a garment. Their wealth and power are transitory. The blessings reserved for the righteous are forever.