1 Then Job responded by saying:
2 I beseech you to hear my words and to do penance.
3 Permit me, and I will speak, and afterwards, if you see fit, you can laugh at my words.
4 Is my dispute against man, so that I would have no reason to be discouraged?
5 Listen to me and be astonished, and place a finger over your mouth.
6 As for me, when I think it over, I am afraid, and trembling convulses my body.
7 Why then do the impious live, having been lifted up and strengthened with riches?