14 A murderer gets up at dawn and kills poor, helpless people. And at night he becomes a thief.
15 A man who commits adultery waits for the night to come. He thinks, ‘No one will see me,’ but still, he covers his face.
16 When it is dark, evil people go out and break into houses. But during the day they lock themselves in their homes to avoid the light.
17 The darkest night is their morning. They are friends with the terrors of darkness.
18 “You say, ‘Evil people are taken away like things carried away in a flood. The land they own is cursed, so no one goes to work in their vineyards.
19 As hot, dry weather melts away the winter snows, so the grave takes away those who have sinned.
20 Their own mothers will forget them. Only the worms will want them. No one will remember them. They will be broken like a rotten stick!