^{20 Ref} `All days of the wicked he is paining himself, And few years have been laid up for the terrible one.

^{21 Ref} A fearful voice `is' in his ears, In peace doth a destroyer come to him.

^{22 Ref} He believeth not to return from darkness, And watched `is' he for the sword.

^{23 Ref} He is wandering for bread -- `Where `is' it?' He hath known that ready at his hand Is a day of darkness.

^{24 Ref} Terrify him do adversity and distress, They prevail over him As a king ready for a boaster.

^{25 Ref} For he stretched out against God his hand, And against the Mighty he maketh himself mighty.

^{26 Ref} He runneth unto Him with a neck, With thick bosses of his shields.

^{27 Ref} For he hath covered his face with his fat, And maketh vigour over `his' confidence.