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.
24. Terrify him do adversity and distress, They prevail over him As a king ready for a boaster.
25. For he stretched out against God his hand, And against the Mighty he maketh himself mighty.
26. He runneth unto Him with a neck, With thick bosses of his shields.
27. For he hath covered his face with his fat, And maketh vigour over [his] confidence.
28. And he inhabiteth cities cut off, houses not dwelt in, That have been ready to become heaps.