2:4 Look, the one whose desires are not upright will faint from exhaustion, ¹ 

but the person of integrity ²  will live ³  because of his faithfulness. ⁴ 

2:5 Indeed, wine will betray the proud, restless man! ⁵ 

His appetite ⁶  is as big as Sheol’s; ⁷ 

like death, he is never satisfied.

He gathers ⁸  all the nations;

he seizes ⁹  all peoples.

2:6 “But all these nations will someday taunt him ¹⁰ 

and ridicule him with proverbial sayings: ¹¹ 

‘The one who accumulates what does not belong to him is as good as dead ¹² 

(How long will this go on?) ¹³  –

he who gets rich by extortion!’ ¹⁴ 

2:7 Your creditors will suddenly attack; ¹⁵ 

those who terrify you will spring into action, ¹⁶ 

and they will rob you. ¹⁷ 

2:8 Because you robbed many countries, ¹⁸ 

all who are left among the nations ¹⁹  will rob you.

You have shed human blood

and committed violent acts against lands, cities, ²⁰  and those who live in them.

2:9 The one who builds his house by unjust gain is as good as dead. ²¹ 

He does this so he can build his nest way up high

and escape the clutches of disaster. ²²