‘Is not their tent-cord drawn up within them [so that the tent collapses]?
Do they not die, and yet without [acquiring] wisdom?’

“You will know also that your tent is secure and at peace,
And you will visit your dwelling and fear no loss [nor find anything amiss].

“Nothing of his dwells in his tent;
Brimstone (burning sulfur) is scattered over his dwelling [to purify it].

“His troops come together
And build up their way and siege works against me
And camp around my tent.

Complete darkness (misfortune) is held in reserve for his treasures.
An unfanned fire will devour him;
It will consume the survivor in his tent.

“For you say, ‘Where is the house of the noble man?
And where is the tent, the dwelling place of the wicked?’

As I was in the prime of my days,
When the friendship and counsel of God were over my tent,

“I assure you, the men of my tent have said,
‘Who can find one [in need] who has not been satisfied with his meat’?