¹⁹ He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more;^(A)
    when he opens his eyes, all is gone.^(B)

²⁴ For a little while they are exalted, and then they are gone;^(A)
    they are brought low and gathered up like all others;^(B)
    they are cut off like heads of grain.^(C)

⁹ Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns^(A)—
    whether they be green or dry—the wicked will be swept away.^[a](B)

¹⁹ How suddenly^(A) are they destroyed,
    completely swept away^(B) by terrors!
²⁰ They are like a dream^(C) when one awakes;^(D)
    when you arise, Lord,
    you will despise them as fantasies.^(E)

²³ I know you will bring me down to death,^(A)
    to the place appointed for all the living.^(B)

³⁰ that the wicked are spared from the day of calamity,^(A)
    that they are delivered from^[a] the day of wrath?^(B)