14. What [is] man that he is pure, And that he is righteous, one born of woman?
15. Lo, in His holy ones He putteth no credence, And the heavens have not been pure in His eyes.
16. Also--surely abominable and filthy Is man drinking as water perverseness.
17. I shew thee--hearken to me--And this I have seen and declare:
18. Which the wise declare--And have not hid--from their fathers.
19. To them alone was the land given, And a stranger passed not over into their midst:
20. `All days of the wicked he is paining himself, And few years have been laid up for the terrible one.
21. A fearful voice [is] in his ears, In peace doth a destroyer come to him.
22. He believeth not to return from darkness, And watched [is] he for the sword.
23. He is wandering for bread--`Where [is] it?' He hath known that ready at his hand Is a day of darkness.