17. “Listen to me and I will explain to you; let me tell you what I have seen,
18. what the wise have declared, hiding nothing received from their ancestors
19. (to whom alone the land was given when 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.