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He has made His anger burn against me, and thinks of me as one who fights against Him.

His armies come together and build a path against me. They camp around my tent.

Even if his pride is as high as the heavens and his head touches the clouds,

he will be gone forever, like his own waste. Those who have seen him will say, ‘Where is he?'

The eye which saw him will see him no more. His place will no longer see him.

His sons will look for the favor of the poor. And his hands will give back his riches.

His bones are full of the strength of the young, but it will lie down with him in the dust.

"Sin is sweet in his mouth. He hides it under his tongue.

He hates to let it go, and holds it in his mouth.

Yet his food in his stomach is changed to the poison of snakes inside him.

He eats riches, but will spit them up. God will take them out of his stomach.

He must return what he has worked for, and can not eat it. He will not have joy from the riches of his trading.

There was nothing more for him to get, so his having everything will not last.

When he fills his stomach, God will send His great anger on him. He will send it on him while he is eating.

It cuts through his body and comes out of his back. The shining arrow comes out of his liver. Much fear comes upon him.

Complete darkness is stored up for his riches. A fire not kept going by man will burn him up. It will destroy all that is left in his tent.

The heavens will make his sin known, and the earth will rise up against him.

The things of his house will be carried away. They will be taken away in the day of God's anger.

"How many times is the lamp of the sinful put out, that their trouble comes upon them? How often does God send trouble to them in His anger?

You say, ‘God stores up a man's punishment for his sons.' Let God punish him so that he may know it.