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Be ye afraid of the sword: For wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword, That ye may know there is a judgment.

That the triumphing of the wicked is short, And the joy of the godless but for a moment?

Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: They that have seen him shall say, Where is he?

That which he labored for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down; According to the substance that he hath gotten, he shall not rejoice.

For he hath oppressed and forsaken the poor; He hath violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up.

All darkness is laid up for his treasures: A fire not blown by man shall devour him; It shall consume that which is left in his tent.

As for me, is my complaint to man? And why should I not be impatient?

And they say unto God, Depart from us; For we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.

Ye say, God layeth up his iniquity for his children. Let him recompense it unto himself, that he may know it:

For what careth he for his house after him, When the number of his months is cut off?

For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? And where is the tent wherein the wicked dwelt?

Is it for thy fear of him that he reproveth thee, That he entereth with thee into judgment?

For thou hast taken pledges of thy brother for nought, And stripped the naked of their clothing.

But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; And the honorable man, he dwelt in it.

Who said unto God, Depart from us; And, What can the Almighty do for us?

For then shalt thou delight thyself in the Almighty, And shalt lift up thy face unto God.

There the upright might reason with him; So should I be delivered for ever from my judge.

For he performeth that which is appointed for me: And many such things are with him.

For God hath made my heart faint, And the Almighty hath terrified me;

They drive away the ass of the fatherless; They take the widow's ox for a pledge.