1 Then Job said in reply:
2 At least listen to my words, and let that be the consolation you offer.
3 Bear with me while I speak; and after I have spoken, you can mock!
4 Is my complaint toward man? And why should I not be impatient?
5 Look at me and be astonished, put your hands over your mouths.
6 When I think of it, I am dismayed, and horror takes hold on my flesh.
7 Why do the wicked survive, grow old, become mighty in power?
8 Their progeny is secure in their sight; they see before them their kinsfolk and their offspring.
9 Their homes are safe and without fear, nor is the scourge of God upon them.
10 Their bulls gender without fail; their cows calve and do not miscarry.
11 These folk have infants numerous as lambs, and their children dance.
12 They sing to the timbrel and harp, and make merry to the sound of the flute.
13 They live out their days in prosperity, and tranquilly go down to the nether world.
14 Yet they say to God, "Depart from us, for we have no wish to learn your ways!
15 What is the Almighty that we should serve him? And what gain shall we have if we pray to him?"
16 If their happiness is not in their own hands and if the counsel of the wicked is repulsive to God,
17 How often is the lamp of the wicked put out? How often does destruction come upon them, the portion he allots in his anger?
18 Let them be like straw before the wind, and like chaff which the storm snatches away!
19 May God not store up the man's misery for his children; let him requite the man himself so that he feels it,
20 Let his own eyes see the calamity, and the wrath of the Almighty let him drink!
21 For what interest has he in his family after him, when the number of his months is finished?
22 Can anyone teach God knowledge, seeing that he judges those on high?
23 One dies in his full vigor, wholly at ease and content;
24 His figure is full and nourished, and his bones are rich in marrow.
25 Another dies in bitterness of soul, having never tasted happiness.
26 Alike they lie down in the dust, and worms cover them both.
27 Behold, I know your thoughts, and the arguments you rehearse against me.
28 For you say, "Where is the house of the magnate, and where the dwelling place of the wicked?"
29 Have you not asked the wayfarers and do you not recognize their monuments?
30 Nay, the evil man is spared calamity when it comes;
31 Who will charge him with his conduct to his face, and for what he has done who will repay him?
32 and on the day he is carried to the grave
33 Sweet to him are the clods of the valley, and over him the funeral mound keeps watch, While all the line of mankind follows him, and the countless others who have gone before.
34 How then can you offer me vain comfort, while in your answers perfidy remains?
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Job chapter 21 is a response to Zofar's statements about the punishment of the wicked. Job argues that many wicked prosper in this life, while many righteous suffer. He states that suffering is a part of the human condition, and that success and failure are not necessarily indications of virtue or sin. Following are five verses that address these themes:
Psalm 37:7 - "Rest in the Lord, and wait in Him; do not irritate you because of the one who thrives in his way, because of the man who performs cunning in intent." This verse talks about the importance of trusting God and not worrying about the success of others.
Psalm 73:3-5 - "For I was envy of the superb, when he saw the prosperity of the wicked. For they have no distress to their death, and are firm in possession of goods. They are not in work like other men, nor, nor are they They are afflicted like other men. " This verse portrays a person's envy in relation to the prosperity of the wicked.
Proverbs 22:16 - "He who oppresses the poor to magnify himself, and he who gives the rich man will surely impoverish." This verse states that material prosperity is not necessarily a sign of virtue.
Ecclesiastes 7:15 - "All this I saw in the days of my vanity; there is just that perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked who extends his days in his malice." This verse reflects the idea that justice does not always prevail in this life.
Luke 6:20 - "And raising his eyes to his disciples, he said, Blessed are you the poor, for yours is the kingdom of God." This verse talks about the importance of seeking spiritual rewards rather than material.
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