Job 21:22-33

22“But who can teach a lesson to God, since he judges even the most powerful?

23One person dies in prosperity, completely comfortable and secure,

24the picture of good health, vigorous and fit.

25Another person dies in bitter poverty, never having tasted the good life.

26But both are buried in the same dust, both eaten by the same maggots.

27“Look, I know what you’re thinking. I know the schemes you plot against me.

28You will tell me of rich and wicked people whose houses have vanished because of their sins.

29But ask those who have been around, and they will tell you the truth.

30Evil people are spared in times of calamity and are allowed to escape disaster.

31No one criticizes them openly or pays them back for what they have done.

32When they are carried to the grave, an honor guard keeps watch at their tomb.

33A great funeral procession goes to the cemetery. Many pay their respects as the body is laid to rest, and the earth gives sweet repose.