^{20 Ref} The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, Even the number of years that are laid up for the oppressor.

^{21 Ref} A sound of terrors is in his ears; In prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.

^{22 Ref} He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, And he is waited for of the sword.

^{23 Ref} He wandereth abroad for bread, `saying', Where is it? He knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.

^{24 Ref} Distress and anguish make him afraid; They prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.

^{25 Ref} Because he hath stretched out his hand against God, And behaveth himself proudly against the Almighty;

^{26 Ref} He runneth upon him with a `stiff' neck, With the thick bosses of his bucklers;

^{27 Ref} Because he hath covered his face with his fatness, And gathered fat upon his loins;

^{28 Ref} And he hath dwelt in desolate cities, In houses which no man inhabited, Which were ready to become heaps;

^{29 Ref} He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, Neither shall their possessions be extended on the earth.

^{30 Ref} He shall not depart out of darkness; The flame shall dry up his branches, And by the breath of `God's' mouth shall he go away.

^{31 Ref} Let him not trust in vanity, deceiving himself; For vanity shall be his recompense.

^{32 Ref} It shall be accomplished before his time, And his branch shall not be green.

^{33 Ref} He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, And shall cast off his flower as the olive-tree.

^{34 Ref} For the company of the godless shall be barren, And fire shall consume the tents of bribery.

^{35 Ref} They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity, And their heart prepareth deceit.