14. The rotzeach rising with the daylight killeth the oni and needy, and in the lailah is like a ganav.
15. The eye also of the no'ef is shomer, watching for the dusk's twilight, saying, No eye shall see me, and puts something to hide his face.
16. In the choshech they dig through batim (houses); in the daytime they shut themselves in; they have no da'as of the ohr.
17. For the boker is to them even as the tzalmavet; they are friends with the terrors of tzalmavet.
18. Swiftly vanishing is he on the surface of the mayim; their chelek is cursed in ha'aretz; he turneth no more in the derech of the kramim (vineyards).
19. Drought and heat consume the snow waters; so doth Sheol those which have sinned.
20. The rechem (womb) shall forget him; the worm shall feast on him; he shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be broken like an etz.
21. He plundereth the barren that beareth not; and doeth not good to the almanah.
22. He drags away also the mighty with his ko'ach; he riseth up, and no man is sure of life.
23. Though it be given him to be in safety, and he be sustained, yet His eynayim are upon their ways.