17. I will show thee, hear thou me; And that which I have seen I will declare:
18. (Which wise men have told From their fathers, and have not hid it;
19. Unto whom alone the land was given, And no stranger passed among them):
20. The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, Even the number of years that are laid up for the oppressor.
21. A sound of terrors is in his ears; In prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.
22. He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, And he is waited for of the sword.