He will not be rich, nor will his wealth endure, nor shall his possessions overspread the earth.

The steps of his strength shall be shortened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.

Behold, You have made my days as a handbreadth, and my age is as nothing before You. Surely every man, even though standing tall, is total vanity. Selah.

Yes, I hated all my labor which I had done under the sun; because I must leave it to the man who shall come after me.

Therefore I turned my heart to despair over all the labor in which I had labored under the sun.

By however much she has glorified herself and lived luxuriously, by the same amount give her torment and sorrow; for she says in her heart, I sit as queen, and am no widow, and will not see sorrow.

when the Sabeans fell upon them and took them away; indeed they have killed the servants with the edge of the sword; and only I alone am escaped to tell you!

While he was still speaking, another also came and said, The Chaldeans formed three bands, rushed in upon the camels and took them away, yea, and killed the servants with the edge of the sword; and only I alone am escaped to tell you!

The Mighty God has delivered me to the perverse, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.

And Jehovah sent against him raiding bands of Chaldeans, bands of Syrians, bands of Moabites, and bands of the sons of Ammon; He sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the Word of Jehovah which He had spoken by the hand of His servants the prophets.

I will send him against a hypocritical nation, and against the people of My wrath. I will command him to draw out the plunder, and to seize the spoils, and to trample them like the mud of the streets.

There the wicked cease from turmoil, and there the weary are at rest.