Job 15:17-25

17"I will show you; hear me, and what I have seen I will declare

18(what wise men have told, without hiding it from their fathers,

19to whom alone the land was given, and no stranger passed among them).

20The wicked man writhes in pain all his days, through all the years that are laid up for the ruthless.

21Dreadful sounds are in his ears; in prosperity the destroyer will come upon him.

22He does not believe that he will return out of darkness, and he is marked for the sword.

23He wanders abroad for bread, saying, 'Where is it?' He knows that a day of darkness is ready at his hand;

24distress and anguish terrify him; they prevail against him, like a king ready for battle.

25Because he has stretched out his hand against God and defies the Almighty,