²² It is all the same; that is why I say,
    ‘He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.’^(A)
23 When a scourge^(B) brings sudden death,
    he mocks the despair of the innocent.^(C)
24 When a land falls into the hands of the wicked,^(D)
    he blindfolds its judges.^(E)
    If it is not he, then who is it?^(F)

¹⁸ “But as a mountain erodes and crumbles^(A)
    and as a rock is moved from its place,^(B)
19 as water wears away stones
    and torrents^(C) wash away the soil,^(D)
    so you destroy a person’s hope.^(E)
20 You overpower them once for all, and they are gone;^(F)
    you change their countenance and send them away.^(G)
21 If their children are honored, they do not know it;
    if their offspring are brought low, they do not see it.^(H)