Hear [08085] diligently [08085] my speech [04405], and let this be your consolations [08575].
Suffer [05375] me that I may speak [01696]; and after [0310] that I have spoken [01696], mock on [03932].
As for me, is my complaint [07879] to man [0120]? and if it were so, why should not my spirit [07307] be troubled [07114]?troubled: Heb. shortened?
Mark [06437] me, and be astonished [08074], and lay [07760] your hand [03027] upon your mouth [06310].Mark…: Heb. Look unto me
Even when I remember [02142] I am afraid [0926], and trembling [06427] taketh hold on [0270] my flesh [01320].
Wherefore do the wicked [07563] live [02421], become old [06275], yea, are mighty [01396] in power [02428]?
Their seed [02233] is established [03559] in their sight [06440] with them, and their offspring [06631] before their eyes [05869].
Their houses [01004] are safe [07965] from fear [06343], neither is the rod [07626] of God [0433] upon them.safe…: Heb. peace from
Their bull [07794] gendereth [05674], and faileth [01602] not; their cow [06510] calveth [06403], and casteth not her calf [07921].
They send forth [07971] their little ones [05759] like a flock [06629], and their children [03206] dance [07540].
They take [05375] the timbrel [08596] and harp [03658], and rejoice [08055] at the sound [06963] of the organ [05748].
They spend [01086] [03615] their days [03117] in wealth [02896], and in a moment [07281] go down [05181] [02865] to the grave [07585].in wealth: or, in mirth
Therefore they say [0559] unto God [0410], Depart [05493] from us; for we desire [02654] not the knowledge [01847] of thy ways [01870].
What is the Almighty [07706], that we should serve [05647] him? and what profit [03276] should we have, if we pray [06293] unto him?
Lo, their good [02898] is not in their hand [03027]: the counsel [06098] of the wicked [07563] is far [07368] from me.
How oft is the candle [05216] of the wicked [07563] put out [01846]! and how oft cometh [0935] their destruction [0343] upon them! God distributeth [02505] sorrows [02256] in his anger [0639].candle: or, lamp
They are as stubble [08401] before [06440] the wind [07307], and as chaff [04671] that the storm [05492] carrieth away [01589].carrieth: Heb. stealeth
God [0433] layeth up [06845] his iniquity [0205] for his children [01121]: he rewardeth [07999] him, and he shall know [03045] it.his iniquity: that is, the punishment of his iniquity
His eyes [05869] shall see [07200] his destruction [03589], and he shall drink [08354] of the wrath [02534] of the Almighty [07706].
For what pleasure [02656] hath he in his house [01004] after [0310] him, when the number [04557] of his months [02320] is cut off in the midst [02686]?
Shall any teach [03925] God [0410] knowledge [01847]? seeing he judgeth [08199] those that are high [07311].
One dieth [04191] in his full [08537] strength [06106], being wholly at ease [07946] and quiet [07961].his…: Heb. his very, or, the strength of, his perfection
His breasts [05845] are full [04390] of milk [02461], and his bones [06106] are moistened [08248] with marrow [04221].breasts: or, milk pails
And another dieth [04191] in the bitterness [04751] of his soul [05315], and never eateth [0398] with pleasure [02896].
They shall lie down [07901] alike [03162] in the dust [06083], and the worms [07415] shall cover [03680] them.
Behold, I know [03045] your thoughts [04284], and the devices [04209] which ye wrongfully imagine [02554] against me.
For ye say [0559], Where is the house [01004] of the prince [05081]? and where are the dwelling [04908] places [0168] of the wicked [07563]?the dwelling…: Heb. the tent of the tabernacles
Have ye not asked [07592] them that go [05674] by the way [01870]? and do ye not know [05234] their tokens [0226],
That the wicked [07451] is reserved [02820] to the day [03117] of destruction [0343]? they shall be brought forth [02986] to the day [03117] of wrath [05678].wrath: Heb. wraths
Who shall declare [05046] his way [01870] to his face [06440]? and who shall repay [07999] him what he hath done [06213]?
Yet shall he be brought [02986] to the grave [06913], and shall remain [08245] in the tomb [01430].grave: Heb. gravesremain…: Heb. watch in the heap
The clods [07263] of the valley [05158] shall be sweet [04985] unto him, and every man [0120] shall draw [04900] after [0310] him, as there are innumerable [04557] before [06440] him.
How then comfort [05162] ye me in vain [01892], seeing in your answers [08666] there remaineth [07604] falsehood [04604]?falsehood: Heb. transgression?