2 “Listen carefully to my speech,and let this be your consolation.
3 Bear with me that I may speak,and after I have spoken, mock on.
4 “As for me, is my complaint against man?And if it were so, why should not my spirit be troubled?
5 Look at me and be astonished,and put your hand over your mouth.
6 Even when I remember I am afraid,and trembling takes hold of my body.
7 Why do the wicked live and become old;yes, become mighty in power?
8 Their descendants are established with them in their sight,and their offspring before their eyes.