Job 21:2–9

2 Pay close attention to my words;

let this be the consolation you offer.

3 Bear with me while I speak;

then after I have spoken, you may continue mocking.

4 As for me, is my complainth against a human being?

Then why shouldn’t I be impatient?

5 Look at me and shudder;i

put your hand over your mouth.j

6 When I think about it, I am terrified

and my body tremblesk in horror.

7 Why do the wicked continue to live,

growing old and becoming powerful?

8 Their children are established while they are still alive,A

and their descendants, before their eyes.

9 Their homes are secure and free of fear;l

no rod from God strikes them.m