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

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