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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 <FI>is<Fi> my complaint? and if <FI>so<Fi> , 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 <FI>are<Fi> peace without fear, Nor <FI>is<Fi> a rod of God upon them.

10 - His bullock hath eaten corn, and doth not loath. His cow bringeth forth safely, And doth not miscarry.

11 - They send forth as a flock their sucklings, And their children skip,

12 - They lift <FI>themselves<Fi> up at timbrel and harp, And rejoice at the sound of an organ.

13 - They wear out in good their days, And in a moment <FI>to<Fi> Sheol go down.

14 - And they say to God, `Turn aside from us, And the knowledge of Thy ways We have not desired.

15 - What <FI>is<Fi> the Mighty One that we serve Him? And what do we profit when we meet with Him?'

16 - Lo, not in their hand <FI>is<Fi> their good, (The counsel of the wicked Hath been far from me.)

17 - How oft is the lamp of the wicked extinguished, And come on them doth their calamity? Pangs He apportioneth in His anger.

18 - They are as straw before wind, And as chaff a hurricane hath stolen away,

19 - God layeth up for his sons his sorrow, He giveth recompense unto him--and he knoweth.

20 - His own eyes see his destruction, And of the wrath of the Mighty he drinketh.

21 - For what <FI>is<Fi> his delight in his house after him, And the number of his months cut off?

22 - To God doth <FI>one<Fi> teach knowledge, And He the high doth judge?

23 - This <FI>one<Fi> dieth in his perfect strength, Wholly at ease and quiet.

24 - His breasts have been full of milk, And marrow his bones doth moisten.

25 - And this <FI>one<Fi> dieth with a bitter soul, And have not eaten with gladness.

26 - Together--on the dust they lie down, And the worm doth cover them over.

27 - Lo, I have known your thoughts, And the devices against me ye do wrongfully.

28 - For ye say, `Where <FI>is<Fi> the house of the noble? And where the tent--The tabernacles of the wicked?'

29 - Have ye not asked those passing by the way? And their signs do ye not know?

30 - That to a day of calamity is the wicked spared. To a day of wrath they are brought.

31 - Who doth declare to his face his way? And <FI>for<Fi> that which he hath done, Who doth give recompence to him?

32 - And he--to the graves he is brought. And over the heap a watch is kept.

33 - Sweet to him have been the clods of the valley, And after him every man he draweth, And before him there is no numbering.

34 - And how do ye comfort me <FI>with<Fi> vanity, And in your answers hath been left trespass?