⁹ Both of these will overtake you
    in a moment,^(A) on a single day:
    loss of children^(B) and widowhood.^(C)
They will come upon you in full measure,
    in spite of your many sorceries^(D)
    and all your potent spells.^(E)
10 You have trusted^(F) in your wickedness
    and have said, ‘No one sees me.’^(G)
Your wisdom^(H) and knowledge mislead^(I) you
    when you say to yourself,
    ‘I am, and there is none besides me.’
¹¹ Disaster^(J) will come upon you,
    and you will not know how to conjure it away.
A calamity will fall upon you
    that you cannot ward off with a ransom;
a catastrophe you cannot foresee
    will suddenly^(K) come upon you.