1. Then Job answered and said:
2. “Keep listening to my words,and let this be your comfort.
3. Bear with me, and I will speak,and after I have spoken, mock on.
4. As for me, is my complaint against man?Why should I not be impatient?
5. Look at me and be appalled,and lay your hand over your mouth.
6. When I remember, I am dismayed,and shuddering seizes my flesh.
7. Why do the wicked live,reach old age, and grow mighty in power?
8. Their offspring are established in their presence,and their descendants before their eyes.
9. Their houses are safe from fear,and no rod of God is upon them.