12. Why have your emotions carried you away?Why do your eyes flash
13. when you turn against Godand spit these words out of your mouth?
14. Why should a mortal be considered faultlessor someone born of a woman be considered righteous?
15. If God doesn’t trust his holy ones,and the heavens are not pure in his sight,
16. how much less will he trust the one who is disgusting and corrupt,the one who drinks wickedness like water.
17. “I’ll tell you; listen to me!I’ll relate what I have seen.
18. I’ll tell you what wise people have declaredand what was not kept secret from their ancestors.
19. (The land was given to them alone,and no stranger passed through their land.)
20. “The wicked person is tortured all his days.Only a few years are reserved for the ruthless person.
21. Terrifying sounds are in his ears.While he enjoys peace, the destroyer comes to him.
22. He doesn’t believe he’ll return from the dark.He is destined ⌊to be killed⌋ with a sword.
23. He wanders around for food and asks, ‘Where is it?’He knows that his ruin is close at hand.
24. “The day of darkness troubles him.Distress and anguish terrify himlike a king ready for battle.
25. He stretches out his hand against Godand attacks the Almighty like a warrior.
26. He stubbornly charges at him with a thick shield.
27. “His face is bloated with fat,and he is fat around the waist.
28. He lives in ruined citieswhere no one dwells,in houses that are doomed to be piles of rubble.
29. He won’t get rich,and his wealth won’t last.His possessions won’t spread out over the land.
30. “He won’t escape the darkness.A flame will shrivel his branches.He will be blown away by his own breath.
31. He shouldn’t trust in worthless things and deceive himselfbecause he will get worthless things in return.
32. It will happen before his time has come,and his branch will not become green.