1. Then Job answered and said:
2. “Listen carefully to my speech,And let this be your consolation.
3. Bear with me that I may speak,And after I have spoken, keep mocking.
4. “As for me, is my complaint against man?And if it were, why should I not be impatient?
5. Look at me and be astonished;Put your hand over your mouth.
6. Even when I remember I am terrified,And trembling takes hold of my flesh.
7. Why do the wicked live and become old,Yes, become mighty in power?
8. Their descendants are established with them in their sight,And their offspring before their eyes.
9. Their houses are safe from fear,Neither is the rod of God upon them.