Job 21:2-15

“Listen carefully to my speech, And let this be the consolation. “Bear with me, and I also will speak; And after I have spoken, you may [continue to] mock [me]. “As for me, is my complaint to man or about him? And why should I not be impatient and my spirit troubled? “Look at me and be astonished and appalled; And put your hand over your mouth. “Even when I remember, I am troubled and afraid; Horror and trembling take hold of my flesh. “Why do the wicked still live, Become old, and become mighty in power? “Their children and descendants are established with them in their sight, And their offspring before their eyes. “Their houses are safe from fear; And the rod of God is not on them. “His bull breeds and does not fail; His cow calves and does not miscarry. “They send forth their little ones like a flock, And their children skip about. “They lift up their voices and sing to the tambourine and the lyre And rejoice to the sound of the flute. “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. “Yet they say to God, ‘Depart from us, For we do not desire the knowledge of Your ways. ‘Who [and what] is the Almighty, that we should serve Him? And what would we gain if we plead with Him?’ [Ex 5:2]