5. the triumph of the wicked is short-lived,and the joy of the godless person lasts only a moment?
6. If his height reaches to the skyand his head touches the clouds,
7. he will certainly rot like his own feces.Those who have seen him will say, ‘Where is he?’
8. He will fly away like a dream and not be found.He will be chased away like a vision in the night.
9. Eyes that saw him will see him no more.His home will not look at him again.
10. His children will have to ask the poor for help.His own hands will have to give back his wealth.
11. His bones, once full of youthful vigor,will lie down with him in the dust.
12. “Though evil is sweet in his mouthand he hides it under his tongue. . . .
13. Though he savors it and won’t let go of itand he holds it on the roof of his mouth,
14. the food in his belly turns sour.It becomes snake venom in his stomach.
15. He vomits up the riches that he swallowed.God forces them out of his stomach.
16. The godless person sucks the poison of snakes.A viper’s fang kills him.
17. He won’t be able to drink from the streamsor from the rivers of honey and buttermilk.
18. He will give back what he earned without enjoying it.He will get no joy from the profits of his business
19. because he crushed and abandoned the poor.He has taken by force a house that he didn’t build.
20. He will never know peace in his heart.He will never allow anything he desires to escape ⌊his grasp⌋.