Moff JOB Chapter 21

21 Eyob replied:

“Attend to what I urge; “

it will console me, if you only listen!

Pray let me have my say;

and after I have spoken, mock away!

It is not against man that I complain;

so why should I be patient?

See here! let this astound you,

awe you into silence!--

when I think of it, I am all aghast,

I am seized with shuddering.

Why do wicked men live on,

live to be old and strong?

Their homes are safe from fear;

God’s rod never strikes them.

Their bulls breed without fail,

their cows calve safely.

They see their family flourishing,

their eyes rest on their offspring;

their children flock out to the fields,

boys and girls dancing merrily.

They sing to the lyre and tambourine,

make merry to the music of the pipe;

they lead a prosperous life,

die in peace--

men who bade God, ‘Begone from us;

we have no interest in thee and thine!

Why should we serve the Almighty?

What is the good of us praying to him?’