2 ‘Listen carefully to my words;let this be the consolation you give me.
3 Bear with me while I speak,and after I have spoken, mock on.
4 ‘Is my complaint directed to a human being?Why should I not be impatient?
5 Look at me and be appalled;clap your hand over your mouth.
6 When I think about this, I am terrified;trembling seizes my body.
7 Why do the wicked live on,growing old and increasing in power?
8 They see their children established around them,their offspring before their eyes.