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21:1  Then Job answered and said:
21:2  “Listen carefully to my speech, And let this be your consolation.
21:3  Bear with me that I may speak, And after I have spoken, keep mocking.
21:4  “As for me, is my complaint against man? And if it were, why should I not be impatient?
21:5  Look at me and be astonished; Put your hand over your mouth.
21:6  Even when I remember I am terrified, And trembling takes hold of my flesh.
21:7  Why do the wicked live and become old, Yes, become mighty in power?
21:8  Their descendants are established with them in their sight, And their offspring before their eyes.
21:9  Their houses are safe from fear, Neither is the rod of God upon them.
21:10  Their bull breeds without failure; Their cow calves without miscarriage.
21:11  They send forth their little ones like a flock, And their children dance.
21:12  They sing to the tambourine and harp, And rejoice to the sound of the flute.
21:13  They spend their days in wealth, And in a moment go down to the grave.
21:14  Yet they say to God, ‘Depart from us, For we do not desire the knowledge of Your ways.
21:15  Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him? And what profit do we have if we pray to Him?’
21:16  Indeed their prosperity is not in their hand; The counsel of the wicked is far from me.
21:17  “How often is the lamp of the wicked put out? How often does their destruction come upon them, The sorrows God distributes in His anger?
21:18  They are like straw before the wind, And like chaff that a storm carries away.
21:19  They say, ‘God lays up one’s iniquity for his children’; Let Him recompense him, that he may know it.
21:20  Let his eyes see his destruction, And let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
21:21  For what does he care about his household after him, When the number of his months is cut in half?
21:22  “Can anyone teach God knowledge, Since He judges those on high?
21:23  One dies in his full strength, Being wholly at ease and secure;
21:24  His pails are full of milk, And the marrow of his bones is moist.
21:25  Another man dies in the bitterness of his soul, Never having eaten with pleasure.
21:26  They lie down alike in the dust, And worms cover them.
21:27  “Look, I know your thoughts, And the schemes with which you would wrong me.
21:28  For you say, ‘Where is the house of the prince? And where is the tent, The dwelling place of the wicked?’
21:29  Have you not asked those who travel the road? And do you not know their signs?
21:30  For the wicked are reserved for the day of doom; They shall be brought out on the day of wrath.
21:31  Who condemns his way to his face? And who repays him for what he has done?
21:32  Yet he shall be brought to the grave, And a vigil kept over the tomb.
21:33  The clods of the valley shall be sweet to him; Everyone shall follow him, As countless have gone before him.
21:34  How then can you comfort me with empty words, Since falsehood remains in your answers?”