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.
33. He will drop his unripened grapes like a vineand throw off his blossoms like an olive tree