14. The killer of men rises at first light; he executes the destitute and the poor, but, in truth, he is like a thief in the night.
15. The eye of the adulterer waits for darkness, saying, "No eye will see me," and he covers his face.
16. He passes through houses in the nighttime, just as they had agreed among themselves in the daytime; and they are ignorant of the light.
17. If sunrise should suddenly appear, it is treated by them like the shadow of death; and they walk in darkness, as if in light.
18. He is nimble on the surface of water. His place on land is to be accursed. May he not walk by way of the vineyards.
19. May he cross from the snowy waters to excessive heat, and his sin, all the way to hell.
20. Let mercy forget him. His charm is worms. Let him not be remembered, but instead be broken like an unfruitful tree.
21. For he has fed on the barren, who does not bear fruit, and he has not done good to the widow.
22. He has pulled down the strong by his strength, and, when he stands up, he will not have trust in his life.
23. God has given him a place for repentance, and he abuses it with arrogance, but his eyes are upon his ways.
24. They are lifted up for a little while, but they will not continue, and they will be brought low, just like all things, and they will be taken away, and, like the tops of the ears of grain, they will be crushed.
25. But, if this is not so, who is able to prove to me that I have lied and to place my words before God?