¹⁷ For when they die, they take nothing with them.
    Their wealth will not follow them into the grave.

¹⁹ The wicked go to bed rich
    but wake to find that all their wealth is gone.

³ What will you do when I punish you,
    when I send disaster upon you from a distant land?
To whom will you turn for help?
    Where will your treasures be safe?

¹⁴ The grave^[a] is licking its lips in anticipation,
    opening its mouth wide.
The great and the lowly
    and all the drunken mob will be swallowed up.

¹⁴ By the power of your hand, O Lord,
    destroy those who look to this world for their reward.
But satisfy the hunger of your treasured ones.
    May their children have plenty,
    leaving an inheritance for their descendants.