1Then Job answered:
2“Listen carefully to my words; let this be…
3Bear with me while I speak; then, after…
4Is my complaint against a man? Then why…
5Look at me and be appalled; put your…
6When I remember, terror takes hold, and my…
7Why do the wicked live on, growing old…
8Their descendants are established around them, and their…
9Their homes are safe from fear; no rod…
10Their bulls breed without fail; their cows bear…
11They send forth their little ones like a…
12singing to the tambourine and lyre and making…
13They spend their days in prosperity and go…
14Yet they say to God: ‘Leave us alone!…
15Who is the Almighty, that we should serve…
16Still, their prosperity is not in their own…
17How often is the lamp of the wicked…
18Are they like straw before the wind, like…
19It is said that God lays up one’s…
20Let his eyes see his own destruction; let…
21For what does he care about his household…
22Can anyone teach knowledge to God, since He…
23One man dies full of vigor, completely secure…
24His body is well nourished, and his bones…
25Yet another man dies in the bitterness of…
26But together they lie down in the dust,…
27Behold, I know your thoughts full well, the…
28For you say, ‘Where now is the nobleman’s…
29Have you never asked those who travel the…
30Indeed, the evil man is spared from the…
31Who denounces his behavior to his face? Who…
32He is carried to the grave, and watch…
33The clods of the valley are sweet to…
34So how can you comfort me with empty…
