23 He ^awanders about for bread, saying, ‘Where is it?’
He knows ^bthat a day of darkness is ready at his hand. ‡

24 Trouble and anguish make him afraid;
They overpower him, like a king ready for¹ battle. ‡

26 Running stubbornly against Him
With his strong, embossed shield.

27 “Though^a he has covered his face with his fatness,
And made his waist heavy with fat, ‡