19. to whom alone the land was given,and no foreigner passed among them:
20. The wicked man travails with pain all his days,and numbered are the years stored up for the oppressor.
21. A dreadful sound is in his ears;in prosperity the destroyer will come upon him.
22. He does not believe that he will return from darkness,and a sword awaits him.
23. He wanders about for bread, saying, ‘Where is it?’He knows that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
24. Trouble and anguish will make him afraid;they will prevail against him as a king ready to the battle.
25. For he stretches out his hand against God,and strengthens himself against the Almighty.
26. He rushes upon Him, even on His neck,with his thick embossed shield.
27. “He has covered his face with his fatnessand gathered fat upon his waist.
28. He dwells in desolate citiesand in houses which no man inhabits,which are ready to become heaps.
29. He will not be rich, nor will his wealth continue,nor will his possessions spread over the earth.
30. He will not depart out of darkness;the flame will dry out his branches,and by the breath of His mouth he will go away.