17I will inform you; hear me, and I will declare that which I have seen, 18Which wise men have passed on from their fathers, and have not hidden; 19To whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them. 20The wicked man travails with pain all his days, and the number of his years is hidden from the oppressor. 21A dreadful sound is in his ears; in the middle of prosperity and security, destruction shall come upon him. 22He does not believe that he shall return out of darkness, and he is destined for the sword. 23He wanders abroad seeking food, saying, ‘Where is it?’ He knows that the day of darkness is already at hand. 24Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle. 25Because he stretches out his hand against God, and behaves arrogantly against the Almighty. 26He runs headlong at Him, with a heavily embossed shield, 27Because he has covered his face with his fatness, and added lumps of fat on his flanks. 28And he dwells in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabits, which are ready to become heaps. 29He shall not be rich, nor shall his wealth endure, nor prolong its perfection upon the earth. 30He shall not avoid darkness; the flame (of God‘s wrath) shall consume his branches; by the breath of His mouth shall he go away. 31Let him that is deceived not trust in vanity; for vanity shall be his recompence. 32It shall be accomplished in his lifetime, and his green branch shall wither. 33His unripe grapes shall not ripen on the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive. 34For the congregation of godless hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tents of bribery. 35They conceive mischief, and bring forth evil, and their heart prepares deceit.