13. So that you turn your anger against Godand let such words escape your mouth!
14. How can any mortal be blameless,anyone born of woman be righteous?
15. If in his holy ones God places no confidence,and if the heavens are not without blame in his sight,
16. How much less so is the abominable and corrupt:people who drink in iniquity like water!
17. I will show you, if you listen to me;what I have seen I will tell—
18. What the wise relateand have not contradicted since the days of their ancestors,
19. To whom alone the land was given,when no foreigner moved among them:
20. The wicked is in torment all his days,and limited years are in store for the ruthless;
21. The sound of terrors is in his ears;when all is prosperous, a spoiler comes upon him.
22. He despairs of escaping the darkness,and looks ever for the sword;
23. A wanderer, food for vultures,he knows destruction is imminent.
24. A day of darkness fills him with dread;distress and anguish overpower him,like a king expecting an attack.
25. Because he has stretched out his hand against Godand arrogantly challenged the Almighty,
26. Rushing defiantly against him,with the stout bosses of his shields.
27. Although he has covered his face with his crassness,padded his loins with blubber,
28. He shall dwell in ruined cities,in houses that are deserted,crumbling into rubble.
29. He shall not be rich, his possessions shall not endure;his property shall not spread over the land.
30. A flame shall sear his early growth,and with the wind his blossoms shall disappear.