15. 'Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him, And what would we gain if we entreat Him?'
16. "Behold, their prosperity is not in their hand; The counsel of the wicked is far from me.
17. "How often is the lamp of the wicked put out, Or does their calamity fall on them? Does God apportion destruction in His anger?
18. "Are they as straw before the wind, And like chaff which the storm carries away?
19. "You say, 'God stores away a man's iniquity for his sons.' Let God repay him so that he may know it.
20. "Let his own eyes see his decay, And let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
21. "For what does he care for his household after him, When the number of his months is cut off?
22. "Can anyone teach God knowledge, In that He judges those on high?
23. "One dies in his full strength, Being wholly at ease and satisfied;