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 proclaimed his own innocence to God's face. He is familiar now with the thought that the righteous are not always recompensed, but it fills him with horror to think that the Governor of the world even leaves the wicked in undeserved prosperity, as if, in the language of Eliphaz, He could not 'judge through the thick clouds' (xxii. 16).

Why do the wicked live on, become old, yea, are mighty in power? Their houses are safe, without fear, neither is Eloah's rod upon them. They wear away their days in happiness, and go down to Sheól in a moment (xxi. 7, 9, 13).