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Rh :And after that I have spoken, mock on.
 * As for me, is my complaint to man?
 * And if it were so, why should not my spirit be troubled?
 * Mark me, and be astonished.
 * And lay your hand upon your mouth.
 * Even when I remember I am afraid,
 * And trembling taketh hold on my flesh.
 * Wherefore do the wicked live, become old,
 * Yea, are mighty in power?
 * Their seed is established in their sight with them.
 * And their offspring before their eyes.
 * Their houses are safe from 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 take the timbrel and harp,
 * And rejoice at the sound of the organ.
 * They spend their days in wealth,
 * And in a moment go down to the grave.
 * Therefore they say 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 good is not in their hand: