For the evil man has no future hope, and the lamp of the wicked will be snuffed out—an assurance that wickedness leads to extinction while righteousness leads to continuation, establishing that moral order guarantees the wicked's eventual elimination. The metaphor of lamp being snuffed out describes complete darkness and death. The theological significance involves the principle that God's justice ensures wickedness does not permanently prosper.

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