Job 21:7-21

7Why do the wicked still live, Become old, and become mighty in power?

8Their children and descendants are established with them in their sight, And their offspring before their eyes.

9Their houses are safe from fear; And the rod of God is not on them.

10His bull breeds and does not fail; His cow calves and does not miscarry.

11They send forth their little ones like a flock, And their children skip about.

12They lift up their voices and sing to the tambourine and the lyre And rejoice to the sound of the flute.

13They fully enjoy their days in prosperity, And so go down to Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead) in a [peaceful] moment.

14Yet they say to God, ‘Depart from us, For we do not desire the knowledge of Your ways.

15Who [and what] is the Almighty, that we should serve Him? And what would we gain if we plead with Him?’

16But notice, the prosperity of the wicked is not in their hand (in their power); The counsel of the wicked [and the mystery of God’s dealings with the ungodly] is far from my comprehension.

17“How often [then] is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out, And that their disaster falls on them? Does God distribute pain and destruction and sorrow [to them] in His anger?

18Are they like straw before the wind, And like chaff that the storm steals and carries away?

19You say, ‘God stores away [the punishment of] man’s wickedness for his children.’ Let God repay him so that he may know and experience it.

20Let his own eyes see his destruction, And let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty.

21For what pleasure does he have in his house and family after he is dead, When the number of his months [of life] is cut off?