1. And Job answereth and saith: --
2. Hear ye diligently my word, And this is your consolation.
3. Bear with me, and I speak, And after my speaking--ye may deride.
4. I--to man [is] my complaint? and if [so], wherefore May not my temper become short?
5. Turn unto me, and be astonished, And put hand to mouth.
6. Yea, if I have remembered, then I have been troubled. And my flesh hath taken fright.
7. Wherefore do the wicked live? They have become old, Yea, they have been mighty in wealth.
8. Their seed is established, Before their face with them, And their offspring before their eyes.
9. Their houses [are] peace without fear, Nor [is] a rod of God upon them.