1. Then Job replied:
2. “Listen carefully to my words; let this be your consolation.
3. Bear with me as I speak, and after I have spoken, mock on.
4. As for me, is my complaint against man? If so, why should I not be impatient?
5. Look at me and be appalled; put your hand over your mouth.
6. When I think of it, I am terrified and my flesh shudders.
7. Why do the wicked go on living, growing old and increasing in power?