(Job 15:20-29)
A wicked man who oppresses others
will be in torment as long as he lives.
Voices of terror will scream in his ears,
and robbers attack when he thinks he is safe.
He has no hope of escaping from darkness,
for somewhere a sword is waiting to kill him,
and vultures are waiting to eat his corpse.
He knows his future is dark;
disaster like a powerful king,
is waiting to attack him.
That is the fate of a man
who shakes his fist at God
and defies the Almighty.
That man is proud and rebellious,
he stubbornly holds up his shield
and rushes to fight against God.
That is the man who captured cities
and seized houses whose owners had fled,
but war will destroy those cities and houses.
He will not remain rich for long;
nothing he owns will last.
Even his shadow will vanish.
A wicked man who oppresses others
will be in torment as long as he lives.
Voices of terror will scream in his ears,
and robbers attack when he thinks he is safe.
He has no hope of escaping from darkness,
for somewhere a sword is waiting to kill him,
and vultures are waiting to eat his corpse.
He knows his future is dark;
disaster like a powerful king,
is waiting to attack him.
That is the fate of a man
who shakes his fist at God
and defies the Almighty.
That man is proud and rebellious,
he stubbornly holds up his shield
and rushes to fight against God.
That is the man who captured cities
and seized houses whose owners had fled,
but war will destroy those cities and houses.
He will not remain rich for long;
nothing he owns will last.
Even his shadow will vanish.
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