The underworld is naked before God; the place of destruction lies uncovered.

Let his own eyes see his destruction; let him drink of the anger of the Almighty.

You will laugh at destruction and famine and need not be afraid of the beasts of the earth.

You will be protected from malicious gossip, and will not be afraid of the destruction when it comes.

Destruction and Death say, ‘With our ears we have heard a rumor about where it can be found.’

For it is a fire that devours even to Destruction, and it would uproot all my harvest.

The righteous see their destruction and rejoice; the innocent mock them scornfully, saying,

On my right the young rabble rise up; they drive me from place to place, and build up siege ramps against me.

Calamity is hungry for him, and misfortune is ready at his side.

Is it not misfortune for the unjust, and disaster for those who work iniquity?

For the calamity from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his majesty I was powerless.

If I have rejoiced over the misfortune of my enemy or exulted because calamity found him –

He spares a person’s life from corruption, his very life from crossing over the river.

“How often is the lamp of the wicked extinguished? How often does their misfortune come upon them? How often does God apportion pain to them in his anger?

that the evil man is spared from the day of his misfortune, that he is delivered from the day of God’s wrath?

They destroy my path; they succeed in destroying me without anyone assisting them.

Is there any falsehood on my lips? Can my mouth not discern evil things?

His vigorous steps are restricted, and his own counsel throws him down.

He shatters the great without inquiry, and sets up others in their place.

“Let the day on which I was born perish, and the night that said, ‘A man has been conceived!’