16. How much more abominable and useless is the man who drinks as if from the water of iniquity?
17. I will reveal to you, so listen to me; and I will explain to you what I have seen.
18. The wise acknowledge, and they do not leave behind, their fathers,
19. to whom alone the earth has been given, and no stranger passed among them.
20. The impious is arrogant for all his days, and the number of the years of his tyranny is uncertain.
21. The sound of terror is always in his ears; and when there is peace, he always suspects treason.
22. He does not believe that it is possible for him to be turned from darkness into the light, for he sees around him the sword on every side.
23. When he moves himself to seek bread, he knows that the day of darkness has been prepared for his hand.
24. Tribulation will terrify him, and anguish will prevail over him, like a king who is being prepared to go to battle.
25. For he has extended his hand against God, and he has strengthened himself against the Almighty.
26. He has rushed against him with his throat exposed, and he has been armed with a fat neck.
27. Thickness has covered his face, and lard hangs down from his sides.