He does not get wealth for himself, and is unable to keep what he has got; the heads of his grain are not bent down to the earth.

Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence.

For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery.

Evil has made them with child, and they give birth to trouble; and the fruit of their body is shame for themselves.

It would not be hard for me to say such things if your souls were in my soul's place; joining words together against you, and shaking my head at you:

"But what shall I do? For all my words, my sorrow will not cease: and though I hold my tongue, yet will it not depart from me.

But now he has overcome me with weariness and fear, and I am in the grip of all my trouble.

And Thou dost loathe me, For a witness it hath been, And rise up against me doth my failure, In my face it testifieth.

His anger hath torn, and he hateth me, He hath gnashed at me with his teeth, My adversary sharpeneth his eyes for me.

I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.

Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure.

O earth, cover not my blood, and let there be no place for my cry!

Even now, behold, my witness is in heaven, And he that voucheth for me is on high.

And, he that voucheth for me is on high. My friends are, they who scorn me, Unto GOD, hath mine eye shed tears: -

O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbour!

For when a few years are come, I shall go the way whence I shall not return.

My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me.

Give now a pledge, be surety for me with thyself; Who is there that will strike hands with me?

For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them.

He that denounceth his friends for a prey, Even the eyes of his children shall fail.

And he set me up for a proverb of the peoples, And a wonder before them I am.

Mine eye is dim for very heaviness, and all my strength is become like a shadow.

But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man among you.

Night for day they appoint, Light is near because of darkness.

If I look for Sheol as my house; If I have spread my couch in the darkness;

And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?

How long will ye hunt for words? Consider, and afterwards we will speak.

He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place?

Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.

The light was darkened in his tent, and his lamp shall be extinguished for him.

For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare.

The snare is laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.

His wealth will become hunger, and disaster is ready for his stumbling.

His skin is wasted by disease, and his body is food for the worst of diseases.

All his comfort and hope shall be rooted out of his dwelling, and shall bring him unto the king of fear.

"{Nothing} remains for him in his tent; sulfur is scattered upon his dwelling place.

His remembrance perishes from [the] earth, and [there is] not a name for him on [the] street.

[There is] no offspring for him nor a descendant among his people, and there is not a survivor in his abode.

At his fate those of the west are shocked, and those of the east are overcome with fear.

Lo, ten times have ye reproved me: are ye not ashamed, for to laugh me to scorn?

Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry for help, but there is no justice.

He is breaking me down on every side, and now it's too late for me; he has uprooted my hopes like a tree.

He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are verily estranged from me.

They that dwell in mine house, and my maids, count me for a stranger: I am an alien in their sight.

I call for my servant, but he does not answer,
even if I beg him with my own mouth.

My breath is strange to my wife, though I intreated for the children's sake of mine own body.

Even young children have no respect for me; when I get up their backs are turned on me.

Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.

Why are you cruel to me, like God, for ever saying evil against me?

That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever!

For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:

Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me.

“If you say, ‘How shall we persecute him?’
And ‘What pretext for a case against him can we find?’

Be ye afraid of the sword: for wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword, that ye may know there is a judgment.

Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste.

That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?

Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where is he?

His children will beg from the poor,
for his own hands must give back his wealth.

if he retains it for himself and does not let it go, and holds it fast in his mouth,

The riches that he devoured, shall he vomit out again; for God shall draw them out of his belly.

That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down: according to his substance shall the restitution be, and he shall not rejoice therein.

For he hath oppressed and forsaken the poor; He hath violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up.

For he hath not known ease in his belly. With his desirable thing he delivereth not himself.

There shall none of his meat be left; therefore shall no man look for his goods.

Even when his wealth is great, he is full of care, for the hand of everyone who is in trouble is turned against him.

It shall be that, to fill his belly, he will thrust at him the glow of his anger, and rain it upon him for his punishment.

The arrow shall be taken forth, and go out at his back; and a glistering sword through the gall of him. Fear shall come upon him.

All darkness shall be hid in his secret places: a fire not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tabernacle.

This is the wicked man’s lot from God,
the inheritance God ordained for him.

Bear with me and let me speak! Then, after I've spoken, you'll be free to mock me.

As for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why should not my spirit be troubled?

At the very thought of it my flesh is shaking with fear.

Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them.

They send forth - like a flock - their young ones, and, their children, skip about for joy;

Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.

Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

"How oft shall the candle of the wicked be put out? How oft cometh their destruction upon them? Oh what sorrow shall God give them for their part in his wrath!

God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know it.

For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst?

Is anyone able to give teaching to God? for he is the judge of those who are on high.

For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked?

That the wicked is reserved for the day of calamity? They are led forth to the day of wrath.

Who doth declare to his face his way? And for that which he hath done, Who doth give recompence to him?

How then should ye comfort me with vanity, since, as for your replies, there lurketh, in them treachery?

Is it possible for a man to be of profit to God? No, for a man's wisdom is only of profit to himself.

Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment?

For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.

You have given no water [for the] weary to drink, and you withheld food from [the] hungry.

But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable man dwelt in it.

Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;

"Isn't God in heaven above? Consider how far away the stars are, and how lofty they are!

Thick clouds [are] a covering for him, so that he does not see; and he walks about on [the] dome of heaven.'

Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them?

Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

For with joy shall the godly, and with gladness shall the innocent,

Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumeth.

If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.

then the Almighty himself will be your gold, and the choicest silver for you.

For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God.

“You will also decide and decree a thing, and it will be established for you;
And the light [of God’s favor] will shine upon your ways.