Job 15:14-26

New International Version

¹⁴ “What are mortals, that they could be pure,
    or those born of woman,^(A) that they could be righteous?^(B)
15 If God places no trust in his holy ones,^(C)
    if even the heavens are not pure in his eyes,^(D)
16 how much less mortals, who are vile and corrupt,^(E)
    who drink up evil^(F) like water!^(G)

¹⁷ “Listen to me and I will explain to you;
    let me tell you what I have seen,^(H)
18 what the wise have declared,
    hiding nothing received from their ancestors^(I)
19 (to whom alone the land^(J) was given
    when no foreigners moved among them):
²⁰ All his days the wicked man suffers torment,^(K)
    the ruthless man through all the years stored up for him.^(L)
21 Terrifying sounds fill his ears;^(M)
    when all seems well, marauders attack him.^(N)
22 He despairs of escaping the realm of darkness;^(O)
    he is marked for the sword.^(P)
23 He wanders about^(Q) for food like a vulture;^(R)
    he knows the day of darkness^(S) is at hand.^(T)
24 Distress and anguish^(U) fill him with terror;^(V)
    troubles overwhelm him, like a king^(W) poised to attack,
²⁵ because he shakes his fist^(X) at God
    and vaunts himself against the Almighty,^(Y)
26 defiantly charging against him
    with a thick, strong shield.^(Z)