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,