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,