18. what the wise have declared,hiding nothing received from their ancestors
19. (to whom alone the land was givenwhen no foreigners moved among them):
20. all his days the wicked man suffers torment,the ruthless man through all the years stored up for him.
21. Terrifying sounds fill his ears;when all seems well, marauders attack him.
22. He despairs of escaping the realm of darkness;he is marked for the sword.
23. He wanders about for food like a vulture;he knows the day of darkness is at hand.
24. Distress and anguish fill him with terror;troubles overwhelm him, like a king poised to attack,
25. because he shakes his fist at Godand vaunts himself against the Almighty,
26. defiantly charging against himwith a thick, strong shield.
27. ‘Though his face is covered with fatand his waist bulges with flesh,