² “When will you cease this torrent of words?
    Once you start to think rationally,
    then we can have a sensible discussion.
³ Why do you treat us like animals
    and regard us as ignorant?
⁴ In your anger you tear yourself to pieces,
    but the earth will not be forsaken on your account,
    nor will a single rock be moved from its place.
⁵ “The light of the wicked is extinguished,
    and the flame of his fire no longer shines.
⁶ The light in his tent begins to fade
    and the lamp above him is put out.
⁷ His vigorous stride begins to falter
    and his own plans fail miserably.
⁸ He rushes headlong into a net,
    and his feet are ensnared.
⁹ “A trap seizes him by the heel,
    leaving him unable to escape.
¹⁰ A noose lies hidden on the ground for him;
    pitfalls lie across his path.
¹¹ Terrors alarm him on every side,
    hounding his every step.
¹² His strength is weakened by hunger,
    and disaster awaits him on all sides.
¹³ “His skin is eaten away by disease;
    the firstborn of death devours his limbs.^[b]
14 He is dragged from the security of his tent
    and carted off to the king of terrors.^[c]
15 Anyone can live in his tent since it is no longer his;
    brimstone^[d] is scattered over his dwelling.
¹⁶ His roots dry up below,
    and his branches wither above.
¹⁷ “All memory of him vanishes from the earth;
    his name is quickly forgotten.
¹⁸ He is thrust from light into darkness
    and banished from the world.
¹⁹ He leaves no offspring or posterity among his people;
    there is no survivor where he once lived.
²⁰ Inhabitants of the west are appalled at his fate,
    while those of the east are struck with horror.
²¹ Such indeed is the dwelling of the impious;
    such is the home of everyone who cares nothing for God.”