17. I will tell you; listen to me, and what I have seen I will declare,
18. what wise men have declared and did not hide from their ancestors,
19. to whom alone the land was given, when no foreigner passed among them:
20. All his days the wicked suffers torment, and numbered are the years stored up for the tyrant.
21. Terrifying sounds are in his ears; in a time of peace, marauders attack him.
22. He does not expect to escape from darkness; he is destined for the sword.
23. He wanders about for bread— ‘Where is it?’ He knows that the day of darkness is at hand.
24. Distress and anguish terrify him; they overpower him like a king poised to attack,
25. for he raises his hand against God and flaunts himself against Shaddai,
26. defiantly rushing at Him with a thick, strong shield.
27. Because He covered his face with his fat and made his hips bulge with blubber,
28. he lived in ruined cities, in houses which no one inhabits, which are ready to crumble into heaps.
29. He will not become rich, and his wealth will not endure, nor will his possessions spread over the land.
30. He will not escape from the darkness; a flame will wither his shoots, and he will depart by the breath of His mouth.