18. “You say, ‘He is foam on the face of the waters;their portion of the land is cursedso that no one goes to their vineyard.
19. The drought as well as the heat carry away the melted snow;so the grave takes away those who have sinned.
20. The womb forgets him, the worm feasts on him,no longer will he be remembered.Like a tree, wickedness will be broken down.
21. He preys on the barren and childless woman,and does not treat the widow well.
22. But God drags off the mighty by his power;when God rises up against him, he has no faith in his life.
23. God may let them rest in a feeling of security,but he is constantly watching all their ways.
24. They are exalted for a little while,and then they are gone,they are brought low like all others, and gathered in,and like a head of grain they are cut off.’
25. “If this is not so, who can prove me a liarand reduce my words to nothing?”