14. The murderer rises before it is light,that he may kill the poor and needy,and in the night he is like a thief.
15. The eye of the adulterer also waits for the twilight,saying, ‘No eye will see me’;and he veils his face.
16. In the dark they dig through houses;by day they shut themselves up;they do not know the light.
17. For deep darkness is morning to all of them;for they are friends with the terrors of deep darkness.
18. “You say, ‘Swift are they on the face of the waters;their portion is cursed in the land;no treader turns toward their vineyards.
19. Drought and heat snatch away the snow waters;so does Sheol those who have sinned.
20. The womb forgets them;the worm finds them sweet;they are no longer remembered,so wickedness is broken like a tree.’
21. “They wrong the barren, childless woman,and do no good to the widow.
22. Yet God prolongs the life of the mighty by his power;they rise up when they despair of life.
23. He gives them security, and they are supported,and his eyes are upon their ways.
24. They are exalted a little while, and then are gone;they are brought low and gathered up like all others;they are cut off like the heads of grain.