4. “As for me, is my complaint against man?And if it were so, why should not my spirit be troubled?
5. Look at me and be astonished,and put your hand over your mouth.
6. Even when I remember I am afraid,and trembling takes hold of my body.
7. Why do the wicked live and become old;yes, become mighty in power?
8. Their descendants are established with them in their sight,and their offspring before their eyes.
9. Their houses are safe from fear,nor is the rod of God upon them.
10. Their bull breeds without failure;their cow gives calves without miscarriage.
11. They send forth their little ones like a flock,and their children dance.
12. They take up the tambourine and harpand rejoice at the sound of the flute.
13. They spend their days in wealth,and in a moment go down to Sheol.
14. Therefore they say to God, ‘Depart from us,for we do not desire the knowledge of Your ways.
15. Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him?And what profit do we have if we pray to Him?’
16. Indeed, their prosperity is not in their hand.The counsel of the wicked is far fromme.
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?
18. They are like straw before the wind,and like chaff that a storm carries away.
19. God stores up their iniquity for their children;let Him reward the people themselves, and they will know it.