17 I will shew thee, hear thou me; and that which I have seen I will declare:
18 (Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it;
19 Unto whom alone the land was given, and no stranger passed among them:)
20 The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, even the number of years that are laid up for the oppressor.
21 A sound of terrors is in his ears; in prosperity the spoiler shall come upon him:
22 He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword:
23 He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand: