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21:1  Listen to what I am saying; that is all the comfort I ask from you.
21:2  Listen to what I am saying; that is all the comfort I ask from you.
21:3  Give me a chance to speak and then, when I am through, sneer if you like.
21:4  My quarrel is not with mortals; I have good reason to be impatient.
21:5  Look at me. Isn't that enough to make you stare in shocked silence?
21:6  When I think of what has happened to me, I am stunned, and I tremble and shake.
21:7  Why does God let evil people live, let them grow old and prosper?
21:8  They have children and grandchildren, and live to watch them all grow up.
21:9  God does not bring disaster on their homes; they never have to live in terror.
21:10  Yes, all their cattle breed and give birth without trouble.
21:11  Their children run and play like lambs
21:12  and dance to the music of harps and flutes.
21:13  They live out their lives in peace and quietly die without suffering.
21:14  The wicked tell God to leave them alone; they don't want to know his will for their lives.
21:15  They think there is no need to serve God nor any advantage in praying to him.
21:16  They claim they succeed by their own strength, but their way of thinking I can't accept.
21:17  Was a wicked person's light ever put out? Did one of them ever meet with disaster? Did God ever punish the wicked in anger
21:18  and blow them away like straw in the wind, or like dust carried away in a storm?
21:19  You claim God punishes a child for the sins of his father. No! Let God punish the sinners themselves; let him show that he does it because of their sins.
21:20  Let sinners bear their own punishment; let them feel the wrath of Almighty God.
21:21  When our lives are over, do we really care whether our children are happy?
21:22  Can anyone teach God, who judges even those in high places?
21:23  Some people stay healthy till the day they die; they die happy and at ease, their bodies well-nourished.
21:24  Some people stay healthy till the day they die; they die happy and at ease, their bodies well-nourished.
21:25  Others have no happiness at all; they live and die with bitter hearts.
21:26  But all alike die and are buried; they all are covered with worms.
21:27  I know what spiteful thoughts you have.
21:28  You ask, “Where are the homes of great people now, those who practiced evil?”
21:29  Haven't you talked with people who travel? Don't you know the reports they bring back?
21:30  On the day God is angry and punishes, it is the wicked who are always spared.
21:31  There is no one to accuse the wicked or pay them back for all they have done.
21:32  When they are carried to the graveyard, to their well-guarded tombs,
21:33  thousands join the funeral procession, and even the earth lies gently on their bodies.
21:34  And you! You try to comfort me with nonsense! Every answer you give is a lie!