Job 15:17-25

17So listen to me. I will explain something to you. I will tell you what I have seen.

18These are things that wise men have taught me. They did not hide the truth. They learned these things from their ancestors.

19They were the people who received the land. No foreigners were there to deceive them.

20They knew this: A wicked person will have trouble all his life. Anyone who is cruel will suffer every year that he lives.

21He will hear things that frighten him. He may think that he is safe, but robbers will attack him.

22He is afraid to go out in the dark. He thinks that someone may kill him.

23The wicked person walks about to look for food. He says, “Where is it?” He knows that he cannot escape from trouble.

24He is afraid and confused. Trouble is ready to attack him, like a king with his army.

25That happens to the person who turns against God. He thinks that he is greater than Almighty God.