Because he covered his face with fat, and made his hips bulge with fat,

Let him not trust in what is worthless, deceiving himself; for worthlessness will be his reward.

For the company of the godless is barren, and fire consumes the tents of those who accept bribes.

Will there be an end to your windy words? Or what provokes you that you answer?

For the years that lie ahead are few, and then I will go on the way of no return.

Because you have closed their minds to understanding, therefore you will not exalt them.

For he has been thrown into a net by his feet and he wanders into a mesh.

know then that God has wronged me and encircled me with his net.

that the elation of the wicked is brief, the joy of the godless lasts but a moment.

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

For he knows no satisfaction in his appetite; he does not let anything he desires escape.

For what is his interest in his home after his death, when the number of his months has been broken off?

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

“Is it to God that a strong man is of benefit? Is it to him that even a wise man is profitable?

“For you took pledges from your brothers for no reason, and you stripped the clothing from the naked.

When people are brought low and you say ‘Lift them up!’ then he will save the downcast;

But he knows the pathway that I take; if he tested me, I would come forth like gold.

Yet I have not been silent because of the darkness, because of the thick darkness that covered my face.

how much less a mortal man, who is but a maggot – a son of man, who is only a worm!”

for while my spirit is still in me, and the breath from God is in my nostrils,