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You are so angry that you are hurting yourself.
You will never change the way that things happen in the world.
Your anger will not cause the earth to shake,
    or any rocks to move from their places.

What happens to wicked people

The light of a wicked person's life will stop shining.
    His fire will no longer burn brightly.
His tent will be dark.
    The lamp that gives him light will stop burning.

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You who tear yourself(A) to pieces in your anger,(B)
    is the earth to be abandoned for your sake?
    Or must the rocks be moved from their place?(C)

“The lamp of a wicked man is snuffed out;(D)
    the flame of his fire stops burning.(E)
The light in his tent(F) becomes dark;(G)
    the lamp beside him goes out.(H)

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