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Job 21

Job Says God Will Deal with the Wicked

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Then Job  1answered,

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"Listen carefully to my speech, And let this be your way of consolation.

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"Bear with me that I may speak; Then after I have spoken, you may  amock.

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"As for me, is  amy complaint  1to man? And  bwhy should  2I not be impatient?

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"Look at me, and be astonished, And  aput your hand over your mouth.

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"Even when I remember, I am disturbed, And  ahorror takes hold of my flesh.

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"Why  ado the wicked still live, Continue on, also become very  bpowerful?

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"Their  1 adescendants are established with them in their sight, And their offspring before their eyes,

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Their houses  aare safe from fear, And the rod of God is not on them.

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"His ox mates  1without fail; His cow calves and does not abort.

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"They send forth their little ones like the flock, And their children skip about.

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"They  1sing to the timbrel and harp And rejoice at the sound of the flute.

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"They  aspend their days in prosperity, And  1suddenly they go down to  2Sheol.

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"They say to God, ` aDepart from us! We do not even desire the knowledge of Your ways.

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1Who is  2the Almighty, that we should serve Him, And  awhat would we gain if we entreat Him?'

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"Behold, their prosperity is not in their hand; The  acounsel of the wicked is far from me.

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"How often is  athe lamp of the wicked put out, Or does their  bcalamity fall on them? Does  1God apportion destruction in His anger?

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"Are they as  astraw before the wind, And like  bchaff which the storm carries away?

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"You say,aGod stores away  1a man's iniquity for his sons.' Let  2God repay him so that he may know it.

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"Let his  aown eyes see his decay, And let him  bdrink of the wrath of  1the Almighty.

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"For what does he care for his household  1after him, When the number of his months is cut off?

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"Can anyone  ateach God knowledge, In that He  bjudges those on high?

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"One  adies in his full strength, Being wholly at ease and  1satisfied;

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His  1sides are filled out with fat, And the  amarrow of his bones is moist,

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While another dies with a bitter soul, Never even  1tasting anything good.

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"Together they  alie down in the dust, And  bworms cover them.

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"Behold, I know your thoughts, And the plans by which you would wrong me.

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"For you say, `Where is the house of  athe nobleman, And where is the  btent, the dwelling places of the wicked?'

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"Have you not asked wayfaring men, And do you not recognize their  1witness?

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"For the  awicked is reserved for the day of calamity; They will be led forth at  bthe day of fury.

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"Who will  1confront him with his actions, And who will repay him for what he has done?

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"While he is carried to the grave, Men will keep watch over his tomb.

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"The  aclods of the valley will  1gently cover him; Moreover,  ball men will  2follow after him, While countless ones go before him.

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"How then will you vainly  acomfort me, For your answers remain full of  1falsehood?"



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