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

And you will know that your home will be secure, and when you inspect your domains, you will not be missing anything.

He returns no more to his house, nor does his place of residence know him any more.

He who removes mountains suddenly, who overturns them in his anger;

he who commands the sun and it does not shine and seals up the stars;

Then would I speak and not fear him, but it is not so with me.

before I depart, never to return, to the land of darkness and the deepest shadow,

He grows up like a flower and then withers away; he flees like a shadow, and does not remain.

Your own mouth condemns you, not I; your own lips testify against you.

to whom alone the land was given when no foreigner passed among them.

“Yes, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; his flame of fire does not shine.

“If I cry out, ‘Violence!’ I receive no answer; I cry for help, but there is no justice.

He has blocked my way so I cannot pass, and has set darkness over my paths.

I summon my servant, but he does not respond, even though I implore him with my own mouth.

Like a dream he flies away, never again to be found, and like a vision of the night he is put to flight.

if he retains it for himself and does not let it go, and holds it fast in his mouth,

For he has oppressed the poor and abandoned them; he has seized a house which he did not build.

Their houses are safe and without fear; and no rod of punishment from God is upon them.

And another man dies in bitterness of soul, never having tasted anything good.

Thick clouds are a veil for him, so he does not see us, as he goes back and forth in the vault of heaven.’