²⁷ when calamity overtakes you like a storm,
    when disaster^(A) sweeps over you like a whirlwind,
    when distress and trouble overwhelm you.

²⁵ When the storm has swept by, the wicked are gone,
    but the righteous stand firm^(A) forever.^(B)

¹⁵ See, the Lord is coming with fire,^(A)
    and his chariots^(B) are like a whirlwind;^(C)
he will bring down his anger with fury,
    and his rebuke^(D) with flames of fire.

¹³ Look! He advances like the clouds,^(A)
    his chariots^(B) come like a whirlwind,^(C)
his horses^(D) are swifter than eagles.^(E)
    Woe to us! We are ruined!^(F)

⁷ “They sow the wind
    and reap the whirlwind.^(A)
The stalk has no head;
    it will produce no flour.^(B)
Were it to yield grain,
    foreigners would swallow it up.^(C)