17 “I will tell you, listen to me;
And what I have beheld I will also recount;
18 What wise men have told,
And have not concealed from atheir fathers,
19 To whom alone the land was given,
And no stranger passed among them.
20 The wicked man writhes ain pain all his days,
And numbered are the years bstored up for the ruthless.
21 Sounds of adread are in his ears;
bWhile at peace the destroyer comes upon him.
22 He does not believe that he will areturn from darkness,
And he is destined for bthe sword.
23 He wanders about for food, saying, ‘Where is it?’
He knows that a day of adarkness is ready at his hand.
24 Distress and anguish terrify him;
They overpower him like a king ready for the attack,
25 Because he has stretched out his hand against God
And amagnifies himself against the Almighty.