18. How often are they like straw in the windor like husks that the storm sweeps away?
19. “⌊You say,⌋ ‘God saves a person’s punishment for his children.’God should pay back that personso that he would know that it is a punishment.
20. His eyes should see his own ruin.He should drink from the wrath of the Almighty.
21. How can he be interested in his family after he’s gone,when the number of his months is cut short?
22. “Can anyone teach God knowledge?Can anyone judge the Most High?
23. One person dies in his primeand feels altogether happy and contented.
24. His stomach is full of milk,and his bones are strong and healthy.
25. Another person, never having tasted happiness,dies with a bitter soul.
26. Together they lie down in the dust,and worms cover them.
27. “You see, I know your thoughtsand the schemes you plot against me
28. because you ask,‘Where is the house of the influential person?Where is the tent where wicked people live?’