17 I will show you, if you listen to me;what I have seen I will tell—
18 What the wise relateand have not contradicted since the days of their ancestors,
19 To whom alone the land was given,when no foreigner moved among them:
20 The wicked is in torment all his days,and limited years are in store for the ruthless;
21 The sound of terrors is in his ears;when all is prosperous, a spoiler comes upon him.
22 He despairs of escaping the darkness,and looks ever for the sword;
23 A wanderer, food for vultures,he knows destruction is imminent.