24 ¹⁸ "You say,
"They are swiftly carried away upon the face of the waters;
their portion is cursed in the land;
no treader turns toward their vineyards.
24 ¹⁹ Drought and heat snatch away the snow waters;
so does Sheol those who have sinned.
24 ²⁰ The squares of the town forget them;
their name is no longer remembered;
so wickedness is broken like a tree.'

24 ²¹ "They feed on the barren childless woman,
and do no good to the widow.
24 ²² Yet God prolongs the life of the mighty by his power;
they rise up when they despair of life.
24 ²³ He gives them security,
and they are supported;
and his eyes are upon their ways.
24 ²⁴ They are exalted a little while, and then are gone;
they wither and fade like the mallow;
they are cut off like the heads of grain.
24 ²⁵ If it is not so, who will prove me a lier,
and show that there is nothing in what I say?"