1. Then Job replied:
2. ‘Listen carefully to my words;let this be the consolation you give me.
3. Bear with me while I speak,and after I have spoken, mock on.
4. ‘Is my complaint directed to a human being?Why should I not be impatient?
5. Look at me and be appalled;clap your hand over your mouth.
6. When I think about this, I am terrified;trembling seizes my body.
7. Why do the wicked live on,growing old and increasing in power?