14. What is enosh, that he should be pure [in the sight of Hashem]? And he which is born of an isha, that yitzdak (he should be in the right)?
15. If He trusteth not His Kadoshim; yea, Shomayim is not pure in His eyes.
16. How much more vile and corrupt is ish, which drinketh iniquity like mayim?
17. I will show thee, shema to me; and that which I have seen I will declare;
18. Things which chachamim declare from their avot without concealment;
19. Unto whom alone ha'aretz was given, and no zar passed among them.
20. The reshah travaileth with pain all his yamim, and numbered shanim are reserved for the oppressor.
21. A dreadful sound is in his oznayim; during shalom the shoded (destroyer) shall come upon him.
22. He believeth not in a return from choshech, and he is marked for the cherev.
23. He wandereth about after lechem, saying, Where is it? He has da'as the Yom Choshech is near at hand for him.
24. Distress and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall seize him as a melech poised for battle.
25. For he stretcheth out his yad against El (G-d), and with insolence vaunts himself against Shaddai.
26. He charges against Him, with a stiff neck, with the thick bosses of his mogen (shield);
27. Though he covereth his panim with his fatness, and addeth fat on his flanks;
28. And he dwelleth in desolate towns, and in batim (houses) which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to crumble to rubble.
29. He shall not be osher, neither shall his substance continue; neither shall their possessions spread over ha'aretz.
30. He shall not escape from choshech; the flame shall wither his branches, and in the ruach of his mouth shall he perish.