¹⁹ when he says, ‘I have found rest,
   and now I shall feast on my goods!’
he does not know how long it will be
   until he leaves them to others and dies.

²⁰ Stand by your agreement and attend to it,
   and grow old in your work.
²¹ Do not wonder at the works of a sinner,
   but trust in the Lord and keep at your job;
for it is easy in the sight of the Lord
   to make the poor rich suddenly, in an instant.
²² The blessing of the Lord is the reward of the pious,
   and quickly God causes his blessing to flourish.
²³ Do not say, ‘What do I need,
   and what further benefit can be mine?’
²⁴ Do not say, ‘I have enough,
   and what harm can come to me now?’
²⁵ In the day of prosperity, adversity is forgotten,
   and in the day of adversity, prosperity is not remembered.
²⁶ For it is easy for the Lord on the day of death
   to reward individuals according to their conduct.
²⁷ An hour’s misery makes one forget past delights,
   and at the close of one’s life one’s deeds are revealed.
²⁸ Call no one happy before his death;
   by how he ends, a person becomes known.