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27 “Although the faces of the wicked are thick with fat [C a sign of prosperity, but here the result of ill-gotten gain],
    and their ·bellies [or loins] are fat with ·flesh [blubber],
28 they will live in towns that are ruined,
    in houses where no one lives,
    ·which are crumbling into ruins [L destined to become a ruin heap].
29 The wicked will no longer ·get [or be] rich,
    and the riches they have will not last [Ps. 73; Prov. 11:18; 13:11; 21:6; 22:16]
    the things they own will no longer spread over the land.

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