16. Lo, not in their hand [is] their good, (The counsel of the wicked Hath been far from me.)
17. How oft is the lamp of the wicked extinguished, And come on them doth their calamity? Pangs He apportioneth in His anger.
18. They are as straw before wind, And as chaff a hurricane hath stolen away,
19. God layeth up for his sons his sorrow, He giveth recompense unto him--and he knoweth.
20. His own eyes see his destruction, And of the wrath of the Mighty he drinketh.
21. For what [is] his delight in his house after him, And the number of his months cut off?
22. To God doth [one] teach knowledge, And He the high doth judge?
23. This [one] dieth in his perfect strength, Wholly at ease and quiet.
24. His breasts have been full of milk, And marrow his bones doth moisten.
25. And this [one] dieth with a bitter soul, And have not eaten with gladness.
26. Together--on the dust they lie down, And the worm doth cover them over.
27. Lo, I have known your thoughts, And the devices against me ye do wrongfully.
28. For ye say, `Where [is] the house of the noble? And where the tent--The tabernacles of the wicked?'