16. In the dark they dig through houses: They shut themselves up in the day-time; They know not the light.
17. For the morning is to all of them as thick darkness; For they know the terrors of the thick darkness.
18. Swiftly they pass away upon the face of the waters; Their portion is cursed in the earth: They turn not into the way of the vineyards.
19. Drought and heat consume the snow waters: So doth Sheol those that have sinned.
20. The womb shall forget him; The worm shall feed sweetly on him; He shall be no more remembered; And unrighteousness shall be broken as a tree.
21. He devoureth the barren that beareth not, And doeth not good to the widow.
22. Yet God preserveth the mighty by his power: He riseth up that hath no assurance of life.