Job 21:7–18

^7gWherefore do the wicked live,

Become old, yea, ^hare mighty in power?

⁸Their seed ⁱis established in their sight with them,

And their ^koffspring before their eyes.

⁹Their houses are safe from fear,

Neither is ^lthe rod of God upon them.

¹⁰Their bull gendereth, and faileth not;

Their cow calveth, and ^mcasteth not her calf.

¹¹They ⁿsend forth their little ones like a flock,

And their children dance.

¹²They ^otake the ^ptimbrel and ^qharp,

And rejoice at the sound of the ^rorgan.

¹³They ^sspend their days in wealth,

And ^tin a moment go down to the grave.

¹⁴Therefore ^uthey say unto God, Depart from us;

For ^xwe desire not the knowledge of thy ways.

^15yWhat is the Almighty, that we should serve him?

And ^zwhat profit should we have, if we ^apray unto him?

¹⁶Lo, their good is not in their hand:

^bThe counsel of the wicked is far from me.

¹⁷How oft ^cis the candle of the wicked put out!

And how oft cometh their destruction upon them!

God ^ddistributeth sorrows in his anger.

¹⁸They are as stubble before the wind,

And as ^echaff that the storm carrieth away.