27:7 “May my enemy be like the wicked, 1
my adversary 2 like the unrighteous. 3
27:8 For what hope does the godless have when he is cut off, 4
when God takes away his life? 5
27:9 Does God listen to his cry
when distress overtakes him?
27:10 Will he find delight 6 in the Almighty?
Will he call out to God at all times?
27:11 I will teach you 7 about the power 8 of God;
What is on the Almighty’s mind 9 I will not conceal.
27:12 If you yourselves have all seen this,
Why in the world 10 do you continue this meaningless talk? 11
27:13 This is the portion of the wicked man
allotted by God, 12
the inheritance that evildoers receive
from the Almighty.
27:14 If his children increase – it is for the sword! 13
His offspring never have enough to eat. 14
27:15 Those who survive him are buried by the plague, 15
and their 16 widows do not mourn for them.
27:16 If he piles up silver like dust
and stores up clothing like mounds of clay,
27:17 what he stores up 17 a righteous man will wear,
and an innocent man will inherit his silver.
27:18 The house he builds is as fragile as a moth’s cocoon, 18
like a hut 19 that a watchman has made.
27:19 He goes to bed wealthy, but will do so no more. 20
When he opens his eyes, it is all gone. 21
27:20 Terrors overwhelm him like a flood; 22
at night a whirlwind carries him off.
27:21 The east wind carries him away, and he is gone;
it sweeps him out of his place.
27:22 It hurls itself against him without pity 23
as he flees headlong from its power.
27:23 It claps 24 its hands at him in derision
and hisses him away from his place. 25