13. “Those who fight against the lightdo not know God’s waysor stay in his paths.
14. When the day is over, the murderers get upto kill the poor and needy.At night they go about like thieves.
15. Those who are guilty of adultery watch for the night,thinking, ‘No one will see us,’and they keep their faces covered.
16. In the dark, evil people break into houses.In the daytime they shut themselves up in their own houses,because they want nothing to do with the light.
17. Darkness is like morning to all these evil peoplewho make friends with the terrors of darkness.
18. “They are like foam floating on the water.Their part of the land is cursed;no one uses the road that goes by their vineyards.
19. As heat and dryness quickly melt the snow,so the grave quickly takes away the sinners.
20. Their mothers forget them,and worms will eat their bodies.They will not be remembered,so wickedness is broken in pieces like a stick.
21. These evil people abuse women who cannot have childrenand show no kindness to widows.
22. But God drags away the strong by his power.Even though they seem strong, they do not know how long they will live.
23. God may let these evil people feel safe,but he is watching their ways.
24. For a little while they are important, and then they die;they are laid low and buried like everyone else;they are cut off like the heads of grain.
25. If this is not true, who can prove I am wrong?Who can show that my words are worth nothing?”