Job 21:1-16

1And Job answered and said,

2Hear attentively my speech, and let this replace your consolations.

3Suffer me and I will speak; and after I have spoken, mock on!

4As for me, is my complaint to a man? or wherefore should not my spirit be impatient?

5Mark me, and be astonished, and lay the hand upon the mouth.

6Even when I think [thereon], I am affrighted, and trembling taketh hold of my flesh.

7Wherefore do the wicked live, grow old, yea, become mighty in power?

8Their seed is established with them in their sight, and their offspring before their eyes.

9Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of 1God upon them.

10Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.

11They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.

12They shout to the tambour and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the pipe.

13They spend their days in prosperity, and in a moment go down to Sheol.

14And they say unto 2God, Depart from us, for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways!

15What is the Almighty that we should serve him? and what are we profited if we pray unto him?

16Behold, their prosperity is not in their hand. The counsel of the wicked be far from me!