¹⁵ He will spit out the riches^(A) he swallowed;
    God will make his stomach vomit^(B) them up.
¹⁶ He will suck the poison^(C) of serpents;
    the fangs of an adder will kill him.^(D)
17 He will not enjoy the streams,
    the rivers^(E) flowing with honey^(F) and cream.^(G)
18 What he toiled for he must give back uneaten;^(H)
    he will not enjoy the profit from his trading.^(I)
19 For he has oppressed the poor^(J) and left them destitute;^(K)
    he has seized houses^(L) he did not build.

²⁰ “Surely he will have no respite from his craving;^(M)
    he cannot save himself by his treasure.^(N)
21 Nothing is left for him to devour;
    his prosperity will not endure.^(O)
22 In the midst of his plenty, distress will overtake him;^(P)
    the full force of misery will come upon him.^(Q)
23 When he has filled his belly,^(R)
    God will vent his burning anger^(S) against him
    and rain down his blows on him.^(T)
24 Though he flees^(U) from an iron weapon,
    a bronze-tipped arrow pierces him.^(V)
25 He pulls it out of his back,
    the gleaming point out of his liver.
Terrors^(W) will come over him;^(X)
26     total darkness^(Y) lies in wait for his treasures.
A fire^(Z) unfanned will consume him^(AA)
    and devour what is left in his tent.^(AB)
27 The heavens will expose his guilt;
    the earth will rise up against him.^(AC)
28 A flood will carry off his house,^(AD)
    rushing waters^[a] on the day of God’s wrath.^(AE)
29 Such is the fate God allots the wicked,
    the heritage appointed for them by God.”^(AF)

¹² “Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed^(A)
    and establishes a town by injustice!