Job 21:7–16

7 “Why ado the wicked still live,

Continue on, also become very bpowerful?

8 “Their 1adescendants are established with them in their sight,

And their offspring before their eyes,

9 Their houses aare safe from fear,

And the rod of God is not on them.

10 “His ox mates 1without fail;

His cow calves and does not abort.

11 “They send forth their little ones like the flock,

And their children skip about.

12 “They 1sing to the timbrel and harp

And rejoice at the sound of the flute.

13 “They aspend their days in prosperity,

And 1suddenly they go down to 2Sheol.

14 “They say to God, ‘aDepart from us!

We do not even desire the knowledge of Your ways.

15 ‘1Who is 2the Almighty, that we should serve Him,

And awhat would we gain if we entreat Him?’

16 “Behold, their prosperity is not in their hand;

The acounsel of the wicked is far from me.