Job:21

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* Then responded Job , and said : * Hear ye patiently my words , and let this be your consolation : * Suffer me , that , I , may speak , and , after I have spoken , thou canst mock ! * Did , I , unto man , make my complaint ? Wherefore , then , should my spirit not be impatient ? * Turn round to me , and be astonished , and lay hand on mouth ! * When I call to mind , then am I dismayed , and there seizeth my flesh a shuddering : * Wherefore do , lawless men , live , advance in years , even wax mighty in power ? * Their seed , is established in their sight , along with them , yea their offspring , before their eyes ; * Their houses , are at peace , without dread , neither is , the rod of GOD , upon them ; * His bull , covereth , and causeth not aversion , His cow safely calveth , and casteth not her young ; * They send forthlike a flocktheir young ones , and , their children , skip about for joy ; * They rejoice aloud as timbrel and lyre , and make merry to the sound of the pipe ; * They complete , in prosperity , their days , and , in a moment to hades , they sink down . * Yet they said unto GOD , Depart from us , and , In the knowledge of thy ways , find we no pleasure . * What is the Almighty , that we should serve him ? Or what shall we profit , that we should urge him ? * Lo ! not in their own hand , is their welfare , The counsel of lawless men , is far from me ! * How oft , the lamp of the lawless , goeth out , and their calamity , cometh upon them , Sorrows , apportioneth he in his anger ; * They become as straw before the wind , and as chaff , which the storm stealeth away . * Shall , GOD , reserve , for his children , his sorrow ? Let him recompense him so that he may know it ; * His own eyes , shall see his misfortune , and , the wrath of the Almighty , shall he drink . * For what shall be his pleasure in his house after him , when , the number of his months , is cut in twain ? * Is it , to GOD , one can teach knowledge , seeing that , he , shall judge , them who are on high ? * This , man dieth , in the very perfection of his prosperity , wholly tranquil and secure ; * His veins , are filled with nourishment , and , the marrow of his bones , is fresh ; * Whereas , this other man , dieth , in bitterness of soul , and hath never tasted good fortune : * Together , in the dust , they lie down , and , the worm , spreadeth a covering over them . * Lo ! I know your plans , and the devices , wherewith ye would do me violence ! * For ye say , Where is the house of the noble-minded ? And where the dwelling-tent of the lawless ? * Have ye not asked the passers-by in the way ? And , their signs , can ye not recognise ? * That , to the day of calamity , is the wicked reserved , to the day of indignant visitation , are they led . * Who can declareto his facehis way ? And , what , he , hath done , who shall recompense to him ? * Yet , he , to the graves , is borne , and , over the tomb , one keepeth watch ; * Pleasant to him are the mounds of the torrent-bed , and , after him , doth every man march , as , before him , there were without number . * How then should ye comfort me with vanity , since , as for your replies , there lurketh ,

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