¹⁸ “Yet they are foam^(A) on the surface of the water;^(B)
    their portion of the land is cursed,^(C)
    so that no one goes to the vineyards.^(D)
19 As heat and drought snatch away the melted snow,^(E)
    so the grave^(F) snatches away those who have sinned.
²⁰ The womb forgets them,
    the worm^(G) feasts on them;^(H)
the wicked are no longer remembered^(I)
    but are broken like a tree.^(J)
21 They prey on the barren and childless woman,
    and to the widow they show no kindness.^(K)
22 But God drags away the mighty by his power;^(L)
    though they become established,^(M) they have no assurance of life.^(N)
23 He may let them rest in a feeling of security,^(O)
    but his eyes^(P) are on their ways.^(Q)
24 For a little while they are exalted, and then they are gone;^(R)
    they are brought low and gathered up like all others;^(S)
    they are cut off like heads of grain.^(T)

²⁵ “If this is not so, who can prove me false
    and reduce my words to nothing?”^(U)

⁷ “May my enemy be like the wicked,^(A)
    my adversary^(B) like the unjust!
⁸ For what hope have the godless^(C) when they are cut off,
    when God takes away their life?^(D)
9 Does God listen to their cry
    when distress comes upon them?^(E)
10 Will they find delight in the Almighty?^(F)
    Will they call on God at all times?

¹¹ “I will teach you about the power of God;
    the ways^(G) of the Almighty I will not conceal.^(H)
12 You have all seen this yourselves.
    Why then this meaningless talk?

¹³ “Here is the fate God allots to the wicked,
    the heritage a ruthless man receives from the Almighty:^(I)
14 However many his children,^(J) their fate is the sword;^(K)
    his offspring will never have enough to eat.^(L)
15 The plague will bury those who survive him,
    and their widows will not weep for them.^(M)
16 Though he heaps up silver like dust^(N)
    and clothes like piles of clay,^(O)
17 what he lays up^(P) the righteous will wear,^(Q)
    and the innocent will divide his silver.^(R)
18 The house^(S) he builds is like a moth’s cocoon,^(T)
    like a hut^(U) made by a watchman.
¹⁹ He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more;^(V)
    when he opens his eyes, all is gone.^(W)
20 Terrors^(X) overtake him like a flood;^(Y)
    a tempest snatches him away in the night.^(Z)
21 The east wind^(AA) carries him off, and he is gone;^(AB)
    it sweeps him out of his place.^(AC)
22 It hurls itself against him without mercy^(AD)
    as he flees headlong^(AE) from its power.^(AF)
23 It claps its hands^(AG) in derision
    and hisses him out of his place.”^(AH)