2.
Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations. Explain This Verse
3.
Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on. Explain This Verse
4.
As for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why should not my spirit be troubled? Explain This Verse
5.
Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth. Explain This Verse
6.
Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh. Explain This Verse
7.
Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power? Explain This Verse
8.
Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes. Explain This Verse
9.
Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them. Explain This Verse
10.
Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf. Explain This Verse
11.
They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance. Explain This Verse
12.
They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ. Explain This Verse
13.
They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave. Explain This Verse
14.
Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. Explain This Verse
15.
What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him? Explain This Verse
16.
Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me. Explain This Verse
17.
How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger. Explain This Verse
18.
They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away. Explain This Verse
19.
God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know it. Explain This Verse
20.
His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty. Explain This Verse
21.
For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst? Explain This Verse
22.
Shall any teach God knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that are high. Explain This Verse
23.
One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet. Explain This Verse
24.
His breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with marrow. Explain This Verse
25.
And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure. Explain This Verse
26.
They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them. Explain This Verse
27.
Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me. Explain This Verse
28.
For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked? Explain This Verse
29.
Have ye not asked them that go by the way? and do ye not know their tokens, Explain This Verse
30.
That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath. Explain This Verse
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Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay him what he hath done? Explain This Verse
32.
Yet shall he be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb. Explain This Verse
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The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as there are innumerable before him. Explain This Verse
34.
How then comfort ye me in vain, seeing in your answers there remaineth falsehood? Explain This Verse