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Rh :The bow of brass shall strike him through.
 * He draweth it forth, and it cometh out of his body;
 * Yea, the glittering point cometh out of his gall;
 * Terrors are upon him.
 * All darkness is laid up for his treasures;
 * A fire not blown by man shall consume him;
 * It shall go ill with him that is left in his tent.
 * The heavens shall reveal his iniquity,
 * And the earth shall rise up against him.
 * The increase of his house shall depart,
 * His goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath.
 * This is the portion of a wicked man from God,
 * And the heritage appointed unto him by God.

Then Job answered and said:


 * Hear diligently my speech;
 * And let this be your consolations.
 * Suffer me, that I may speak;
 * And after that I have spoken, mock on.
 * As for me, is my complaint to man?
 * Or why should I not be impatient?
 * Turn unto me, and be astonished,
 * And lay your hand upon your mouth.
 * Even when I remember I am affrighted,
 * And horror hath taketh hold on my flesh.
 * Wherefore do the wicked live,
 * Become old, yea, wax mighty in power?
 * Their seed is established in their sight with them,
 * And their offspring before their eyes.
 * Their houses are safe, without fear,
 * Neither is the rod of God upon them.
 * Their bull gendereth, and faileth not;
 * Their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.
 * They send forth their little ones like a flock,
 * And their children dance.
 * They sing to the timbrel and harp,
 * And rejoice at the sound of the pipe.
 * They spend their days in prosperity,
 * And peacefully they go down to the grave.
 * Yet they said unto God: 'Depart from us;
 * For we desire not the knowledge of Thy ways.
 * What is the Almighty, that we should serve Him?
 * And what profit should we have, if we pray unto Him?'—
 * Lo, their prosperity is not in their hand;
 * The counsel of the wicked is far from me.


 * How oft is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out?
 * That their calamity cometh upon them?
 * That He distributeth pains in His anger?
 * That they are as stubble before the wind,
 * And as chaff that the storm stealeth away?
 * 'God layeth up his iniquity for his children! '—
 * Let Him recompense it unto himself, that he may know it.
 * Let his own eyes see his destruction,
 * And let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty.