9A trap seizes him by the heel;

a snare holds him fast.

10A noose is hidden for him on the ground;

a trap lies in his path.

11Terrors startle him on every side

and dog his every step.

12Calamity is hungry for him;

disaster is ready for him when he falls.

13It eats away parts of his skin;

death’s firstborn devours his limbs.

14He is torn from the security of his tent

and marched off to the king of terrors.

15Fire resides^a in his tent;

burning sulfur is scattered over his dwelling.

16His roots dry up below

and his branches wither above.

17The memory of him perishes from the earth;

he has no name in the land.

18He is driven from light into darkness

and is banished from the world.

19He has no offspring or descendants among his people,

no survivor where once he lived.

20Men of the west are appalled at his fate;

men of the east are seized with horror.

21Surely such is the dwelling of an evil man;

such is the place of one who knows not God.”