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Job 21:7-34

7Wherefore do the wickedH7563 liveH2421,Become old, yea, wax mighty in power?8Their seedH2233 is establishedH3559 with them in their sight,And their offspringH2233 before their eyesH5869.9Their housesH1004 are safe from fearH6343,Neither is the rodH7626 of GodH433 upon them.10Their bullH7794 gendereth, and faileth not;Their cowH6510 calveth, and casteth not her calf.11They sendH7971 forthH7971 their little ones like a flockH6629,And their childrenH3206 dance.12They sing to the timbrel and harpH3658,And rejoiceH8055 at the soundH6963 of the pipe.13They spend their daysH3117 in prosperity,And in a momentH7281 they go down to SheolH7585.14And they sayH559 unto GodH410, DepartH5493 from us;For we desireH2654 not the knowledgeH1847 of thy waysH1870.15What is the AlmightyH7706, that we should serveH5647 him?And what profitH3276 should we have, if we pray unto him?16Lo, their prosperityH2898 is not in their handH3027:The counselH6098 of the wickedH7563 is farH7368 from me.17HowH4100 oft is it that the lampH5216 of the wickedH7563 is put out?That their calamityH343 cometh upon them?ThatGod distributeth sorrows in his angerH639?18That they areH1961 as stubble before the windH7307,And as chaffH4671 that the storm carrieth away?19Ye say, GodH433 layeth up his iniquity for his children.Let him recompense it unto himself, that he may knowH3045 it:20Let his ownH5869 eyesH5869 seeH7200 his destruction,And let him drinkH8354 of the wrathH2534 of the AlmightyH7706.21For what careth he for his houseH1004 after him,When the numberH4557 of his monthsH2320 is cut off?22Shall any teachH3925 GodH410 knowledgeH1847,Seeing he judgeth those that are highH7311?23OneH2088 dieth in his full strength,Being wholly at easeH7961 and quiet:24His pails are fullH4390 of milkH2461,And the marrow of his bonesH6106 is moistened.25And another dieth in bitternessH4751 of soulH5315,And never tasteth of goodH2896.26They lieH7901 down alikeH3162 in the dustH6083,And the worm covereth them.27Behold, I knowH3045 your thoughtsH4284,And the devices wherewith ye would wrongH2554 me.28For ye sayH559, WhereH346 is the houseH1004 of the prince?And whereH346 is the tentH168 wherein the wickedH7563 dwelt?29Have ye not askedH7592 wayfaring men?And do ye not know their evidences,30That the evilH7451 man is reserved to the dayH3117 of calamityH343?That they are led forth to the dayH3117 of wrathH5678?31Who shall declareH5046 his wayH1870 to his faceH6440?And who shall repayH7999 him what he hath done?32Yet shall he be borne to the graveH6913,And men shall keepH8245 watchH8245 over the tombH6913.33The clodsH7263 of the valley shall be sweetH4985 unto him,And all menH120 shall drawH4900 after him,As there were innumerable before him.34HowH349 then comfortH5162 ye me in vain,Seeing in your answersH8666 there remaineth only falsehood?

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