Job 15:17-35
17“I will tell you, listen to me;And what I have beheld I will also recount;18What wise men have told,And have not concealed from atheir fathers,19To whom alone the land was given,And no stranger passed among them.20“The wicked man writhes ain pain all his days,And 1numbered are the years bstored up for the ruthless.21“1Sounds of adread are in his ears;bWhile at peace the destroyer comes upon him.22“He does not believe that he will areturn from darkness,And he is destined for bthe sword.23“He wanders about for food, saying, ‘Where is it?’He knows that a day of adarkness is ready at his hand.24“Distress and anguish terrify him;They overpower him like a king ready for the attack,25Because he has stretched out his hand against GodAnd amagnifies himself against 1the Almighty.26“He rushes 1headlong at HimWith 2his massive shield.27“For he has acovered his face with his fatAnd made his thighs heavy with flesh.28“He has adwelt in desolate cities,In houses no one would inhabit,Which are destined to become 1ruins.29“He awill not become rich, nor will his wealth endure;And his grain will not stretch out over the land.30“He will anot be able to 1depart from darkness;The bflame will wither his shoots,And by cthe breath of His mouth he will depart.31“Let him not abelieve in emptiness, deceiving himself;For emptiness will be his 1reward,32When ahis days are not yet fulfilled,And his palm bbranch is not green.33“He will drop off his unripe grape like the vine,And will acast off his flower like the olive tree.34“For the company of athe godless is barren,And fire consumes bthe tents of 1the corrupt.35“They aconceive 1trouble and give birth to wickedness,And their 2belly prepares deception.”