² “When will you stop these speeches?
    Be sensible, and then we can talk.
³ You think of us as only cattle.
    You think we are stupid.
⁴ You tear yourself to pieces in your anger.
    Does everyone have to leave the earth just for you?
    Do the rocks have to be moved from their place for you?

⁵ “The lamp of the wicked person will be put out.
    The flame in his lamp will stop burning.
⁶ The light in his tent will become dark.
    The lamp by his side will go out.
⁷ His footsteps will become weak and lose their strength.
    He will fall into his own evil trap.
⁸ His feet are caught in a net
    when he walks into its web.
⁹ A trap will catch him by the heel.
    And it will hold him tight.
¹⁰ A trap for him is hidden on the ground.
    It lies in his path.
¹¹ Terrible things startle him from every side.
    They chase him at every step.
¹² Hunger takes away his strength.
    Disaster is at his side.
¹³ Disease eats away parts of his skin.
    The signs of death begin to eat away at his arms and legs.
¹⁴ The evil person is torn from the safety of his tent.
    He is dragged off to Death, the King of Terrors.
¹⁵ His tent is set on fire.
    Burning sulfur is scattered over his home.
¹⁶ His roots dry up below ground,
    and his branches above ground die.
¹⁷ People on earth will not remember him.
    His name will be forgotten in the land.
¹⁸ He will be driven from the light into darkness.
    He will be chased out of the world.
¹⁹ He has no children or descendants among his people.
    No one will be left alive where he once lived.
²⁰ People of the west are shocked at what has happened to him.
    People of the east are very frightened.
²¹ This is surely what will happen to the home of an evil person.
    This is the place of one who does not know God.”