18 “You say, ‘Swift are they on the face of the waters;their portion is cursed in the land;no treader turns toward their vineyards.
19 Drought and heat snatch away the snow waters;so does Sheol those who have sinned.
20 The womb forgets them;the worm finds them sweet;they are no longer remembered,so wickedness is broken like a tree.’
21 “They wrong the barren, childless woman,and do no good to the widow.
22 Yet God prolongs the life of the mighty by his power;they rise up when they despair of life.
23 He gives them security, and they are supported,and his eyes are upon their ways.
24 They are exalted a little while, and then are gone;they are brought low and gathered up like all others;they are cut off like the heads of grain.