Ungodly Complainers Provoke God’s Wrath

12 “Now a word was secretly brought to me,

and my ear caught a whisper of it.

13  In the troubling thoughts of the dreams in the night

when a deep sleep falls on men,

14  a trembling gripped me – and a terror! –

and made all my bones shake.

15  Then a breath of air passes by my face;

it makes the hair of my flesh stand up.

16  It stands still,

but I cannot recognize its appearance;

an image is before my eyes,

and I hear a murmuring voice:

17 “Is a mortal man righteous before God?

Or a man pure before his Creator?

18  If God puts no trust in his servants

and attributes folly to his angels,

19  how much more to those who live in houses of clay,

whose foundation is in the dust,

who are crushed like a moth?

20  They are destroyed between morning and evening;

they perish forever without anyone regarding it.

21  Is not their excess wealth taken away from them?

They die, yet without attaining wisdom.

5 “Call now! Is there anyone who will answer you?

To which of the holy ones will you turn?

2  For wrath kills the foolish person,

and anger slays the silly one.

3  I myself have seen the fool taking root,

but suddenly I cursed his place of residence.

4  His children are far from safety,

and they are crushed at the place where judgment is rendered,

nor is there anyone to deliver them.

5  The hungry eat up his harvest,

and take it even from behind the thorns,

and the thirsty swallow up their fortune.

6  For evil does not come up from the dust,

nor does trouble spring up from the ground,

7  but people are born to trouble,

as surely as the sparks fly upward.