22. He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is singled out for the sword.
23. He wandereth abroad for bread, --where may it be? He knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
24. Distress and anguish make him afraid; they prevail against him, as a king ready for the battle.
25. For he hath stretched out his hand against ·God and strengthened himself against the Almighty:
26. He runneth against him, with outstretched neck, with the thick bosses of his bucklers;
27. For he hath covered his face with his fatness, and gathered fat upon his flanks.
28. And he dwelleth in desolate cities, in houses that no man inhabiteth, which are destined to become heaps.
29. He shall not become rich, neither shall his substance continue, and their possessions shall not extend upon the earth.
30. He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches; and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.
31. Let him not trust in vanity: he is deceived, for vanity shall be his recompense;
32. It shall be complete before his day, and his branch shall not be green.
33. He shall shake off his unripe grapes as a vine, and shall cast his flower as an olive.
34. For the family of the ungodly shall be barren, and fire shall consume the tents of bribery.
35. They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity, and their belly prepareth deceit.