Then Job{H347} answered{H6030} and said,{H559}

Hear{H8085} diligently{H8085} my speech;{H4405} And let this be your consolations.{H8575}

Suffer{H5375} me, and I also will speak;{H1696} And after{H310} that I have spoken,{H1696} mock on.{H3932}

As for me, is my complaint{H7879} to man?{H120} And why should I{H7307} not be impatient?{H7114}

Mark{H6437} me, and be astonished,{H8074} And lay{H7760} your hand{H3027} upon your mouth.{H6310}

Even when I remember{H2142} I am troubled,{H926} And horror{H6427} taketh hold on{H270} my flesh.{H1320}

Wherefore do the wicked{H7563} live,{H2421} Become old,{H6275} yea, wax mighty{H1396} in power?{H2428}

Their seed{H2233} is established{H3559} with them in their sight,{H6440} And their offspring{H6631} before their eyes.{H5869}

Their houses{H1004} are safe{H7965} from fear,{H6343} Neither is the rod{H7626} of God{H433} upon them.

Their bull{H7794} gendereth,{H5674} and faileth{H1602} not; Their cow{H6510} calveth,{H6403} and casteth not her calf.{H7921}

They send forth{H7971} their little ones{H5759} like a flock,{H6629} And their children{H3206} dance.{H7540}

They sing{H5375} to the timbrel{H8596} and harp,{H3658} And rejoice{H8055} at the sound{H6963} of the pipe.{H5748}

They spend{H3615} their days{H3117} in prosperity,{H2896} And in a moment{H7281} they go down{H2865} to Sheol.{H7585}

And they say{H559} unto God,{H410} Depart{H5493} from us; For we desire{H2654} not the knowledge{H1847} of thy ways.{H1870}

What is the Almighty,{H7706} that we should serve{H5647} him? And what profit{H3276} should we have, if we pray{H6293} unto him?

Lo, their prosperity{H2898} is not in their hand:{H3027} The counsel{H6098} of the wicked{H7563} is far{H7368} from me.

How oft is it that the lamp{H5216} of the wicked{H7563} is put out?{H1846} That their calamity{H343} cometh{H935} upon them? That [God] distributeth{H2505} sorrows{H2256} in his anger?{H639}

That they are as stubble{H8401} before{H6440} the wind,{H7307} And as chaff{H4671} that the storm{H5492} carrieth away?{H1589}

[Ye say], God{H433} layeth up{H6845} his iniquity{H205} for his children.{H1121} Let him recompense{H7999} it unto himself, that he may know{H3045} it:

Let his own eyes{H5869} see{H7200} his destruction,{H3589} And let him drink{H8354} of the wrath{H2534} of the Almighty.{H7706}

For what careth{H2656} he for his house{H1004} after{H310} him, When the number{H4557} of his months{H2320} is cut off?{H2686}

Shall any teach{H3925} God{H410} knowledge,{H1847} Seeing he judgeth{H8199} those that are high?{H7311}

One dieth{H4191} in his full{H8537} strength,{H6106} Being wholly at ease{H7946} and quiet:{H7961}

His pails{H5845} are full{H4390} of milk,{H2461} And the marrow{H4221} of his bones{H6106} is moistened.{H8248}

And another dieth{H4191} in bitterness{H4751} of soul,{H5315} And never tasteth{H398} of good.{H2896}

They lie down{H7901} alike{H3162} in the dust,{H6083} And the worm{H7415} covereth{H3680} them.

Behold, I know{H3045} your thoughts,{H4284} And the devices{H4209} wherewith ye would wrong{H2554} me.

For ye say,{H559} Where is the house{H1004} of the prince?{H5081} And where is the tent{H4908} wherein the wicked{H7563} dwelt?{H4908}

Have ye not asked{H7592} wayfaring{H1870} men?{H5674} And do ye not know{H5234} their evidences,{H226}

That the evil{H7451} man is reserved{H2820} to the day{H3117} of calamity?{H343} That they are led forth{H2986} to the day{H3117} of wrath?{H5678}

Who shall declare{H5046} his way{H1870} to his face?{H6440} And who shall repay{H7999} him what he hath done?{H6213}

Yet shall he be borne{H2986} to the grave,{H6913} And men shall keep watch{H8245} over the tomb.{H1430}

The clods{H7263} of the valley{H5158} shall be sweet{H4985} unto him, And all men{H120} shall draw{H4900} after{H310} him, As there were innumerable{H4557} before{H6440} him.

How then comfort{H5162} ye me in vain,{H1892} Seeing in your answers{H8666} there remaineth{H7604} [only] falsehood?{H4604}