2 “Listen carefully to my words; let this be your consolation.
3 Bear with me as I speak, and after I have spoken, mock on.
4 As for me, is my complaint against man? If so, why should I not be impatient?
5 Look at me and be appalled; put your hand over your mouth.
6 When I think of it, I am terrified and my flesh shudders.
7 Why do the wicked go on living, growing old and increasing in power?
8 Their children are established in their presence, their offspring before their eyes.