Job 21:4-18 — Legacy Standard Bible

⁴“As for me, is ^amy musing ¹to man?And ^bwhy should ²I not be impatient?⁵“Look at me, and be appalled,And ^aput your hand over your mouth.⁶“Even when I remember, I am dismayed,And ^ahorror seizes my flesh.⁷“Why ^ado the wicked still live,Continue on, also become very ^bpowerful?⁸“Their ^aseed is established with them in their presence,And their offspring before their eyes,⁹Their houses ^aare safe from dread,And the rod of God is not on them.¹⁰“His ox mates and does not fail;His cow calves and does not miscarry.¹¹“They send forth their little ones like the flock,And their children skip about.¹²“They lift up the tambourine and harpAnd are glad at the sound of the pipe.¹³“They ^aspend their days in prosperity,And ¹suddenly they go down to Sheol.¹⁴“They say to God, ‘^aDepart from us!We do not even desire the knowledge of Your ways.¹⁵‘¹Who is ²the Almighty, that we should serve Him,And ^awhat would we profit if we entreat Him?’¹⁶“Behold, their prosperity is not in their hand;The ^acounsel of the wicked is far from me.¹⁷“How often is ^athe lamp of the wicked put out,Or does their ^bdisaster fall on them?Does ¹God apportion destruction in His anger?¹⁸“Are they as ^astraw before the wind,And like ^bchaff which the storm steals away?