¹⁵ He swallows riches,
But will ^(A)vomit them up;
God will expel them from his belly.
¹⁶ He sucks ^(B)the poison of cobras;
The viper’s tongue kills him.
¹⁷ He does not look at ^(C)the streams,
The rivers flowing with honey and curds.
¹⁸ He ^(D)returns the product of his labor
And cannot swallow it;
As to the riches of his trading,
He cannot even enjoy them.
¹⁹ For he has ^(E)oppressed and neglected the poor;
He has seized a house which he has not built.

²⁰ “Because he knew no quiet ^[a]within him,
He does ^(F)not retain anything he desires.
²¹ Nothing remains ^[b]for him to devour,
Therefore ^(G)his prosperity does not endure.
²² In the fullness of his excess he will be cramped;
The ^(H)hand of everyone who suffers will come against him.
²³ When he ^(I)fills his belly,
God will send His fierce anger on him
And ^(J)rain it on him ^[c]while he is eating.
²⁴ He may ^(K)flee from the iron weapon,
But the bronze bow will pierce him.
²⁵ It is drawn and comes out of his back,
Even the flashing point from ^(L)his gallbladder;
^(M)Terrors come upon him,
²⁶ Complete ^(N)darkness is held in reserve for his treasures,
And unfanned ^(O)fire will devour him;
It will consume the survivor in his tent.
²⁷ The ^(P)heavens will reveal his guilt,
And the earth will rise up against him.
²⁸ The ^(Q)increase of his house will disappear;
His possessions will flow away ^(R)on the day of His anger.
²⁹ This is a wicked person’s ^(S)portion from God,
The inheritance decreed to him by God.”

¹² “Woe to him who ^(A)builds a city with bloodshed,
And founds a town with ^[a]violence!