^{20 Ref} The wicked man travails 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 on him.

^{22 Ref} He doesn't believe that he shall return out of darkness, He is waited for by the sword.

^{23 Ref} He wanders abroad for bread, saying, 'Where is it?' He knows 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 has stretched out his hand against God, And behaves himself proudly against the Almighty;

^{26 Ref} He runs at him with a stiff neck, With the thick shields of his bucklers;

^{27 Ref} Because he has covered his face with his fatness, And gathered fat on his loins.