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Job 21:4

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As for me, is my complaint to man? And why should not my spirit be short?

Job 21:5

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Turn toward me and be astonished, and put your hand on your mouth.

Job 21:6

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And if I remember, I am dismayed; and trembling seizes on my flesh.

Job 21:7

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Why do the wicked live? They grow old, and become mighty in power.

Job 21:8

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Their seed is established with them before their face, and their offspring before their eyes.

Job 21:9

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Their houses are in peace, without fear; nor is God's rod on them.

Job 21:10

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His bull passes semen and does not fail; his cow calves and does not miscarry.

Job 21:11

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They send their little ones out as a flock; and their children dance.

Job 21:12

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They lift up voice at the timbrel and lyre, and rejoice at the sound of the flute.

Job 21:13

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They spend their days in good, and in a moment go down to Sheol.

Job 21:14

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And they say to God, Depart from us, for we do not desire the knowledge of Your ways.

Job 21:15

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What is the Almighty, that we should serve Him? And what do we profit if we entreat Him?

Job 21:16

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Behold, their good is not in their hand! The counsel of the wicked is far from me.

Job 21:17

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How often is the lamp of the wicked put out, and their calamity comes on them! He shares out pangs in His anger;

Job 21:18

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they are as straw before the wind, and as chaff that the tempest steals away.

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