18 The wise acknowledge, and they do not leave behind, their fathers,
19 to whom alone the earth has been given, and no stranger passed among them.
20 The impious is arrogant for all his days, and the number of the years of his tyranny is uncertain.
21 The sound of terror is always in his ears; and when there is peace, he always suspects treason.
22 He does not believe that it is possible for him to be turned from darkness into the light, for he sees around him the sword on every side.
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