020:004 Don't you know this from old time, since man was placed on earth, 020:005 that the triumphing of the wicked is short, the joy of the godless but for a moment? 020:006 Though his height mount up to the heavens, and his head reach to the clouds, 020:007 yet he shall perish forever like his own dung. Those who have seen him shall say, 'Where is he?' 020:008 He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found. Yes, he shall be chased away like a vision of the night. 020:009 The eye which saw him shall see him no more, neither shall his place any more see him. 020:010 His children shall seek the favor of the poor. His hands shall give back his wealth. 020:011 His bones are full of his youth, but youth shall lie down with him in the dust. 020:012 "Though wickedness is sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue, 020:013 though he spare it, and will not let it go, but keep it still within his mouth; 020:014 yet his food in his bowels is turned. It is cobra venom within him. 020:015 He has swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again. God will cast them out of his belly. 020:016 He shall suck cobra venom. The viper's tongue shall kill him. 020:017 He shall not look at the rivers, the flowing streams of honey and butter. 020:018 That for which he labored he shall restore, and shall not swallow it down. According to the substance that he has gotten, he shall not rejoice. 020:019 For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor. He has violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up. 020:020 "Because he knew no quietness within him, he shall not save anything of that in which he delights. 020:021 There was nothing left that he didn't devour, therefore his prosperity shall not endure. 020:022 In the fullness of his sufficiency, distress shall overtake him. The hand of everyone who is in misery shall come on him. 020:023 When he is about to fill his belly, God will cast the fierceness of his wrath on him. It will rain on him while he is eating. 020:024 He shall flee from the iron weapon. The bronze arrow shall strike him through. 020:025 He draws it forth, and it comes out of his body. Yes, the glittering point comes out of his liver. Terrors are on him. 020:026 All darkness is laid up for his treasures. An unfanned fire shall devour him. It shall consume that which is left in his tent. 020:027 The heavens shall reveal his iniquity. The earth shall rise up against him. 020:028 The increase of his house shall depart. They shall rush away in the day of his wrath. 020:029 This is the portion of a wicked man from God, the heritage appointed to him by God." 021:001 Then Job answered, 021:002 "Listen diligently to my speech. Let this be your consolation.