12 Wherefore hath thy heart torn thee, and wherefore dost thou look so proudly?

13 Why do you set your spirit against God, and with your mouth speakest such words?

14 What is man, that he should be pure, and that he who is born of a woman should be righteous?

15 Behold, he trusteth not even his saints, and the heavens are unclean in his sight.

16 How much more unclean and corrupt is the man who drinks iniquity as water.

17 I will speak unto thee, hear me; I'll tell you what I saw,

18 That the wise have heard, and have not hid what they have heard from their fathers,

19 To whom alone the land was given, and among whom no stranger walked.

20 The wicked torment himself all his days, and the number of years is hidden from the oppressor;

21 The sound of terrors is in his ears; in the midst of the world the destroyer is coming against him.

22 He does not hope to be saved from darkness; he sees a sword before him.

23 He wandereth about for a morsel of bread; He knows that he is ready, he has the day of darkness in his hands.

24 He is terrified by want and distress; overcomes him like a king prepared for battle,

25 because he stretched out his hand against God, and resisted the Almighty,

26 He strove against Him with a proud neck, under his thick shields;

27 For he has covered his face with his fat, and has overlaid his thighs with fat.

28 And he dwells in cities that are laid waste, in houses in which they do not live, which are doomed to ruin.

29 And he shall not be rich, neither shall his possessions survive, nor shall his gain be spread over the earth.

30 He will not escape from darkness; his branches will dry up the flame, and with the breath of his mouth will carry him away.

31 Let not the erring man trust vanity, for vanity shall also be his recompense.

32 He shall not die in his day, and his branches shall not be green.