14 The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.

15 The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face.

16 In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.

17 For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death: if one know them, they are in the terrors of the shadow of death.

18 He is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.

19 Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so doth the grave those which have sinned.

20 The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be broken as a tree.

21 He evil entreateth the barren that beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow.

22 He draweth also the mighty with his power: he riseth up, and no man is sure of life.

23 Though it be given him to be in safety, whereon he resteth; yet his eyes are upon their ways.

24 They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all other, and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.

25 And if it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth?

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14 When daylight is gone, the murderer rises up,
    kills(A) the poor and needy,(B)
    and in the night steals forth like a thief.(C)
15 The eye of the adulterer(D) watches for dusk;(E)
    he thinks, ‘No eye will see me,’(F)
    and he keeps his face concealed.
16 In the dark, thieves break into houses,(G)
    but by day they shut themselves in;
    they want nothing to do with the light.(H)
17 For all of them, midnight is their morning;
    they make friends with the terrors(I) of darkness.(J)

18 “Yet they are foam(K) on the surface of the water;(L)
    their portion of the land is cursed,(M)
    so that no one goes to the vineyards.(N)
19 As heat and drought snatch away the melted snow,(O)
    so the grave(P) snatches away those who have sinned.
20 The womb forgets them,
    the worm(Q) feasts on them;(R)
the wicked are no longer remembered(S)
    but are broken like a tree.(T)
21 They prey on the barren and childless woman,
    and to the widow they show no kindness.(U)
22 But God drags away the mighty by his power;(V)
    though they become established,(W) they have no assurance of life.(X)
23 He may let them rest in a feeling of security,(Y)
    but his eyes(Z) are on their ways.(AA)
24 For a little while they are exalted, and then they are gone;(AB)
    they are brought low and gathered up like all others;(AC)
    they are cut off like heads of grain.(AD)

25 “If this is not so, who can prove me false
    and reduce my words to nothing?”(AE)

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