1. Then Job answered:
2. Listen carefully to my remarksand let that comfort you.
3. Bear with me so I can speak, I myself;and after my reply you can mock.
4. Are my complaints against another human;why is my patience short?
5. Turn to me and be appalled;lay your hand over your mouth.
6. If I recall it, I’m scared;shaking seizes my body.
7. Why do the wicked live,grow old, and even become strong?
8. Their children are always with them,their offspring in their sight,
9. their houses safe from dread,God’s punishing stick not upon them.
10. Their bull always breeds successfully;their cows give birth and never miscarry.
11. They send forth their little ones like sheep;their infants bounce around.
12. They raise drum and lyre,rejoice at the sound of a flute.
13. They spend their days contentedly,go down to the grave peacefully.
14. They say to God, "Turn away from us;we take no pleasure in knowing your ways;