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23 He wanders around for food and asks, ‘Where is it?’[a]
He knows that his ruin is close at hand.

24 “The day of darkness[b] troubles him.
Distress and anguish terrify him
like a king ready for battle.
25 He stretches out his hand against God
and attacks the Almighty like a warrior.

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Footnotes

  1. 15:23 Or “He wanders around as if he were food for vultures.”
  2. 15:24 The Hebrew text divides verses 23 and 24 at this point.

23 He wanders about(A) for food like a vulture;(B)
    he knows the day of darkness(C) is at hand.(D)
24 Distress and anguish(E) fill him with terror;(F)
    troubles overwhelm him, like a king(G) poised to attack,
25 because he shakes his fist(H) at God
    and vaunts himself against the Almighty,(I)

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