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His troops have come together and have thrown up their rampart against me and have encamped around my tent.

Even though his stature mounts up to the heaven, and his head reaches to the clouds,

he will perish forever like his dung; those who have seen him will say, ‘Where is he?'

The eye that saw him will not see him again, and his place will no longer behold him.

His children will seek favors from the poor, and his hands will return his wealth.

His bones were full of his vigor, but it will lie down with him on the dust.

"Though wickedness tastes sweet in his mouth, and he hides it under his tongue,

though he spares it and does not let it go and holds it back in the midst of his palate,

in his bowels his food is turned, the venom of horned vipers is within him.

He swallows riches, but he vomits them up; God drives them out from his stomach.

Returning the products of his toil, he will not swallow; according to the profit of his trade, he will not enjoy,

Because he has not known satisfaction in his stomach, he lets nothing escape that he desires.

There is nothing left after he has eaten; therefore his prosperity will not endure.

In the fullness of his excess he will be in distress; all of misery's power will come upon him.

When his stomach fills up, God will send his burning anger upon him, and he will let it rain down upon him as his food.

He draws it forth, and it comes out from his body, and the glittering point comes from his gall-bladder; terrors come upon him.

Total darkness is hidden for his treasures; an unfanned fire will devour him; the remnant will be consumed in his tent.

The heavens will reveal his guilt, and the earth will rise up against him.

The products of his house will be carried away like gushing waters on the day of his wrath.

This is a wicked human being's portion from God and the inheritance of his decree from God."