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.