²⁰ All his days the wicked man suffers torment,^(A)
    the ruthless man through all the years stored up for him.^(B)
21 Terrifying sounds fill his ears;^(C)
    when all seems well, marauders attack him.^(D)
22 He despairs of escaping the realm of darkness;^(E)
    he is marked for the sword.^(F)
23 He wanders about^(G) for food like a vulture;^(H)
    he knows the day of darkness^(I) is at hand.^(J)
24 Distress and anguish^(K) fill him with terror;^(L)
    troubles overwhelm him, like a king^(M) poised to attack,

²⁰ Terrors^(A) overtake him like a flood;^(B)
    a tempest snatches him away in the night.^(C)