17. How often shall the lamp of the wicked be put out, and a deluge come upon them, and he shall distribute the sorrows of his wrath?
18. They shall be as chaff before the face of the wind, and as ashes which the whirlwind scattereth.
19. God shall lay up the sorrow of the father for his children: and when he shall repay, then shall he know.
20. His eyes shall see his own destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
21. For what is it to him what befalleth his house after him: and if the number of his months be diminished by one half?
22. Shall any one teach God knowledge, who judgeth those that are high?
23. One man dieth strong, and hale, rich and happy.
24. His bowels are full of fat, and his bones are moistened with marrow.
25. But another dieth in bitterness of soul without any riches: