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And when I think of it, I am horrified,[a]
and shuddering seizes my flesh.
“Why do the wicked live,
grow old, even grow mighty in power?
With them their offspring are established before them,[b]
and their descendants before their eyes.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 21:6 Hebrew “and I am horrified”
  2. Job 21:8 Literally “to their faces”

When I think about this, I am terrified;(A)
    trembling seizes my body.(B)
Why do the wicked live on,
    growing old and increasing in power?(C)
They see their children established around them,
    their offspring before their eyes.(D)

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