²³ If it is the scourge, it slays suddenly, and it does not laugh at the trial of the innocent.

²⁴ The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; he covers the faces of its judges; if it is not he who does this then, who is it and where is he?

²⁵ ¶ Now my days are swifter than a post; they fled away, they never saw good.