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		Job 21:1 Then Job answered and said,
		Job 21:2 "Listen carefully to my speech, And let this be the consolation.
		Job 21:3 "Bear with me, and I also will speak; And after I have spoken, you may [continue to] mock [me].
		Job 21:4 "As for me, is my complaint to man or about him? And why should I not be impatient and my spirit troubled?
		Job 21:5 "Look at me and be astonished and appalled; And put your hand over your mouth.
		Job 21:6 "Even when I remember, I am troubled and afraid; Horror and trembling take hold of my flesh.
		Job 21:7 "Why do the wicked still live, Become old, and become mighty in power?
		Job 21:8 "Their children and descendants are established with them in their sight, And their offspring before their eyes.
		Job 21:9 "Their houses are safe from fear; And the rod of God is not on them.
		Job 21:10 "His bull breeds and does not fail; His cow calves and does not miscarry.
		Job 21:11 "They send forth their little ones like a flock, And their children skip about.
		Job 21:12 "They lift up their voices and sing to the tambourine and the lyre And rejoice to the sound of the flute.
		Job 21:13 "They fully enjoy their days in prosperity, And so go down to Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead) in a [peaceful] moment.
		Job 21:14 "Yet they say to God, 'Depart from us, For we do not desire the knowledge of Your ways.
		Job 21:15 'Who [and what] is the Almighty, that we should serve Him? And what would we gain if we plead with Him?' [Ex 5:2]
		Job 21:16 "But notice, the prosperity of the wicked is not in their hand (in their power); The counsel of the wicked [and the mystery of God's dealings with the ungodly] is far from my comprehension.
		Job 21:17 ¶ "How often [then] is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out, And that their disaster falls on them? Does God distribute pain and destruction and sorrow [to them] in His anger? [Luke 12:46]
		Job 21:18 "Are they like straw before the wind, And like chaff that the storm steals and carries away?
		Job 21:19 "You say, 'God stores away [the punishment of] man's wickedness for his children.' Let God repay him so that he may know and experience it.
		Job 21:20 "Let his own eyes see his destruction, And let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
		Job 21:21 "For what pleasure does he have in his house and family after he is dead, When the number of his months [of life] is cut off?
		Job 21:22 "Can anyone teach God knowledge, Seeing that He judges those on high? [Rom 11:34; 1 Cor 2:16]
		Job 21:23 "One dies in his full strength, Being wholly at ease and quiet and satisfied;
		Job 21:24 His pails are full of milk [his sides are filled out with fat], And the marrow of his bones is moist,
		Job 21:25 Whereas another dies with a bitter soul, Never even tasting pleasure or good fortune.
		Job 21:26 "Together they lie down in the dust, And the worms cover them.
		Job 21:27 ¶ "Behold, I know your thoughts, And the plots by which you would wrong me.
		Job 21:28 "For you say, 'Where is the house of the noble man? And where is the tent, the dwelling place of the wicked?'
		Job 21:29 "Have you not asked those who travel this way, And do you not recognize their witness?
		Job 21:30 "That evil men are [now] reserved for the day of disaster and destruction, They will be led away on the day of [God's] wrath?
		Job 21:31 "But who will confront him with his actions and rebuke him face to face, And who will repay him for what he has done?
		Job 21:32 "When he is carried to his grave, A guard will keep watch over his tomb.
		Job 21:33 "The [dirt] clods of the valley are sweet to him [and gently cover him], Moreover, all men will follow after him [to a grave], While countless ones go before him.
		Job 21:34 "How then can you vainly comfort me with empty words, Since your answers remain untrue?"

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