² “How long till you put an end to words?
Gain understanding, and afterward we will speak.
³ Why are we counted ^(B)as beasts,
And regarded as stupid in your sight?
^4 (C)You^[a] who tear yourself in anger,
Shall the earth be forsaken for you?
Or shall the rock be removed from its place?

⁵ “The^(D) light of the wicked indeed goes out,
And the flame of his fire does not shine.
⁶ The light is dark in his tent,
^(E)And his lamp beside him is put out.
⁷ The steps of his strength are shortened,
And ^(F)his own counsel casts him down.
⁸ For ^(G)he is cast into a net by his own feet,
And he walks into a snare.
⁹ The net takes him by the heel,
And ^(H)a snare lays hold of him.
¹⁰ A noose is hidden for him on the ground,
And a trap for him in the road.
^11 (I)Terrors frighten him on every side,
And drive him to his feet.
¹² His strength is starved,
And ^(J)destruction is ready at his side.
¹³ It devours patches of his skin;
The firstborn of death devours his ^[b]limbs.
¹⁴ He is uprooted from ^(K)the shelter of his tent,
And they parade him before the king of terrors.
¹⁵ They dwell in his tent who are none of his;
Brimstone is scattered on his dwelling.
^16 (L)His roots are dried out below,
And his branch withers above.
^17 (M)The memory of him perishes from the earth,
And he has no name ^[c]among the renowned.
^18 [d]He is driven from light into darkness,
And chased out of the world.
^19 (N)He has neither son nor posterity among his people,
Nor any remaining in his dwellings.
²⁰ Those ^[e]in the west are astonished ^(O)at his day,
As those ^[f]in the east are frightened.
²¹ Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked,
And this is the place of him who ^(P)does not know God.”