1. Then Job replied:
2. “Listen carefully to my words; let this be your consolation.
3. Bear with me as I speak, and after I have spoken, mock on.
4. As for me, is my complaint against man? If so, why should I not be impatient?
5. Look at me and be appalled; put your hand over your mouth.
6. When I think of it, I am terrified and my flesh shudders.
7. Why do the wicked go on living, growing old and increasing in power?
8. Their children are established in their presence, their offspring before their eyes.