<h3>Job</h3>21 Then Job replied:<poetry> 2 <poetry>“Listen carefully to my words; <indent>let this be the consolation you give me. </indent> </poetry> 3 <poetry>Bear with me while I speak, <indent>and after I have spoken, mock on. </indent><poetry></poetry> 4 <poetry>“Is my complaint directed to a human being? <indent>Why should I not be impatient? </indent> </poetry> 5 <poetry>Look at me and be appalled; <indent>clap your hand over your mouth. </indent> </poetry> 6 <poetry>When I think about this, I am terrified; <indent>trembling seizes my body. </indent> </poetry> 7 <poetry>Why do the wicked live on, <indent>growing old and increasing in power? </indent> </poetry> 8 <poetry>They see their children established around them, <indent>their offspring before their eyes. </indent> </poetry> 9 <poetry>Their homes are safe and free from fear; <indent>the rod of God is not on them. </indent> </poetry> 10 <poetry>Their bulls never fail to breed; <indent>their cows calve and do not miscarry. </indent> </poetry> 11 <poetry>They send forth their children as a flock; <indent>their little ones dance about.</indent> </poetry> 12 <poetry>They sing to the music of timbrel and lyre; <indent>they make merry to the sound of the pipe. </indent> </poetry> 13 <poetry>They spend their years in prosperity <indent>and go down to the grave in peace. </indent> </poetry> 14 <poetry>Yet they say to God, ‘Leave us alone! <indent>We have no desire to know your ways. </indent> </poetry> 15 <poetry>Who is the Almighty, that we should serve him? <indent>What would we gain by praying to him?’ </indent> </poetry> 16 <poetry>But their prosperity is not in their own hands, <indent>so I stand aloof from the plans of the wicked. </indent><poetry></poetry>

Job 21:1

“Listen carefully to my words;<cr>1</cr> <indent>let this be the consolation you give me.<cr>2</cr> </indent>

Job 21:2

Bear with me while I speak, <indent>and after I have spoken, mock on.<cr>1</cr> </indent><pb/><poetry>

Job 21:3

“Is my complaint<cr>1</cr> directed to a human being? <indent>Why should I not be impatient?<cr>2</cr> </indent>

Job 21:4

Look at me and be appalled; <indent>clap your hand over your mouth.<cr>1</cr> </indent>

Job 21:5

When I think about this, I am terrified;<cr>1</cr> <indent>trembling seizes my body.<cr>2</cr> </indent>

Job 21:6

Why do the wicked live on, <indent>growing old and increasing in power?<cr>1</cr> </indent>

Job 21:7

They see their children established around them, <indent>their offspring before their eyes.<cr>1</cr> </indent>

Job 21:8

Their homes are safe and free from fear;<cr>1</cr> <indent>the rod of God is not on them.<cr>2</cr> </indent>

Job 21:9

Their bulls never fail to breed; <indent>their cows calve and do not miscarry.<cr>1</cr> </indent>

Job 21:10

They send forth their children as a flock;<cr>1</cr> <indent>their little ones dance about.</indent>

Job 21:11

They sing to the music of timbrel and lyre;<cr>1</cr> <indent>they make merry to the sound of the pipe.<cr>2</cr> </indent>

Job 21:12

They spend their years in prosperity<cr>1</cr> <indent>and go down to the grave<cr>2</cr> in peace.<ft>1</ft><cr>3</cr> </indent>

Job 21:13

Yet they say to God, ‘Leave us alone!<cr>1</cr> <indent>We have no desire to know your ways.<cr>2</cr> </indent>

Job 21:14

Who is the Almighty, that we should serve him? <indent>What would we gain by praying to him?’<cr>1</cr> </indent>

Job 21:15

But their prosperity is not in their own hands, <indent>so I stand aloof from the plans of the wicked.<cr>1</cr> </indent><pb/><poetry>

Job 21:16

 1 Then Job replied:  2 “Listen carefully to my words;   let this be the consolation you give me.    3 Bear with me while I speak, and after I have spoken, mock on.    4 “Is my complaint   directed to a human being? Why should I not be impatient?    5 Look at me and be appalled; clap your hand over your mouth.    6 When I think about this, I am terrified;   trembling seizes my body.    7 Why do the wicked live on, growing old and increasing in power?    8 They see their children established around them, their offspring before their eyes.    9 Their homes are safe and free from fear;   the rod of God is not on them.    10 Their bulls never fail to breed; their cows calve and do not miscarry.    11 They send forth their children as a flock;   their little ones dance about.  12 They sing to the music of timbrel and lyre;   they make merry to the sound of the pipe.    13 They spend their years in prosperity   and go down to the grave   in peace.     14 Yet they say to God, ‘Leave us alone!   We have no desire to know your ways.    15 Who is the Almighty, that we should serve him? What would we gain by praying to him?’    16 But their prosperity is not in their own hands, so I stand aloof from the plans of the wicked.   

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