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Job - ch 21 v 1 - 20
- Then Job made answer and said,
- Give attention with care to my words; and let this be your comfort.
- Let me say what is in my mind, and after that, go on making sport of me.
- As for me, is my outcry against man? is it then to be wondered at if my spirit is troubled?
- Take note of me and be full of wonder, put your hand on your mouth.
- At the very thought of it my flesh is shaking with fear.
- Why is life given to the evil-doers? why do they become old and strong in power?
- Their children are ever with them, and their offspring before their eyes.
- Their houses are free from fear, and the rod of God does not come on them.
- Their ox is ready at all times to give seed; their cow gives birth, without dropping her young.
- They send out their young ones like a flock, and their children have pleasure in the dance,
- They make songs to the instruments of music, and are glad at the sound of the pipe.
- Their days come to an end without trouble, and suddenly they go down to the underworld.
- Though they said to God, Go away from us, for we have no desire for the knowledge of your ways.
- What is the Ruler of all, that we may give him worship? and what profit is it to us to make prayer to him?
- Truly, is not their well-being in their power? (The purpose of the evil-doers is far from me.)
- How frequently is the light of the evil-doers put out, or does trouble come on them? how frequently does his wrath take them with cords?
- How frequently are they as dry stems before the wind, or as grass taken away by the storm-wind?
- You say, God keeps punishment stored up for his children. Let him send it on the man himself, so that he may have the punishment of it!
- Let his eyes see his trouble, and let him be full of the wrath of the Ruler of all!
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