² How long? Would you all stop talking.
    Try to understand and then we can speak.
³ Why are we considered beasts,
    ignorant in your sight?
⁴ To you who tear yourself in rage—
    will earth be forsaken for your sake,
    a rock be dislodged from its place?

⁵ To be sure, the light of the wicked goes out;
    the blaze of their fire doesn’t shine.
⁶ The light in their tent becomes dark,
    and their lamp above doesn’t shine.
⁷ Their strong strides slow down;
    their plans trip themselves.
⁸ They are caught by their feet in a net;
    they walk on mesh.
⁹ A trap grabs them by the heel;
    a snare tightens on them.
¹⁰ A rope is hidden on the ground for them;
    a trap for them along the path.
¹¹ Terrors round about scare them;
    they follow their steps.
¹² Their offspring hunger;
    calamity is ready for their spouses.
¹³ It eats some of their skin.
    Death’s firstborn consumes their limbs.
¹⁴ They are snatched from the safety of their tent;
    it parades them before the king of terrors.
¹⁵ Nothing they own remains in their tent;
    sulfur is scattered over their home.
¹⁶ Their roots dry out below;
    their branches wither above.
¹⁷ The memory of them will perish from the earth;
    they will achieve no recognition abroad.
¹⁸ They are thrust from light into darkness,
    banished from the world.
¹⁹ They have no offspring or descendants among their people,
    no survivor in their dwelling place.
²⁰ Their successors are appalled at what happens to them;
    their predecessors pull their hair.
²¹ These are surely the dwelling places of the evil;
    this is the place of the one who doesn’t know God.