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;
24. His sides are filled out with fat, And the marrow of his bones is moist,
25. While another dies with a bitter soul, Never even tasting anything good.
26. "Together they lie down in the dust, And worms cover them.
27. "Behold, I know your thoughts, And the plans by which you would wrong me.
28. "For you say, 'Where is the house of the nobleman, And where is the tent, the dwelling places of the wicked?'
29. "Have you not asked wayfaring men, And do you not recognize their witness?