Job 5:3-5

New Catholic Bible

³ I have seen a fool enjoy success for a time,
    but suddenly his house was cursed.
⁴ “His children are cut off from safety,
    slaughtered at the gate^[a] without a defender.
⁵ The hungry devour their harvest,
    even that growing amid the thorns,^[b]
    and the thirsty pant for their wealth.