Job 21
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Job 21:7-15

7“Why do the wicked go on living, grow old, and even become more powerful?

8They see their children firmly established with them, and they get to see their descendants.

9Their homes are free from fear, and God doesn’t use his rod on them.

10Their bulls are fertile when they breed. Their cows give birth to calves and never miscarry.

11They send their little children out ⌞to play⌟ like a flock of lambs, and their children dance around.

12They sing with the tambourine and lyre, and they are happy with the music of the flute.

13They spend their days in happiness, and they go peacefully to the grave.

14But they say to God, ‘Leave us alone. We don’t want to know your ways.

15Who is the Almighty that we should serve him? What do we gain if we pray to him?’

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