20. Let his own eyes see his destruction;let him drink of the anger of the Almighty.
21. For what is his interest in his home after his death,when the number of his months has been broken off?
22. Can anyone teach God knowledge,since he judges those that are on high?
23. “One man dies in his full vigor,completely secure and prosperous,
24. his body well nourished,and the marrow of his bones moist.
25. And another man dies in bitterness of soul,never having tasted anything good.
26. Together they lie down in the dust,and worms cover over them both.
27. “Yes, I know what you are thinking,the schemes by which you would wrong me.
28. For you say, ‘Where now is the nobleman’s house,and where are the tents in which the wicked lived?’
29. Have you never questioned those who travel the roads?Do you not recognize their accounts –
30. that the evil man is sparedfrom the day of his misfortune,that he is delivered from the day of God’s wrath?
31. No one denounces his conduct to his face;no one repays him for what he has done.