²⁰ The wicked man suffers with [self-inflicted] torment all his days, through all the years that are numbered and laid up for him, the oppressor.

²¹ A [dreadful] sound of terrors is in his ears; in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him [the dwellings of robbers are not at peace].

²² He believes that he will not return out of darkness, and [because of his guilt] he is waited for by the sword [of God’s vengeance].