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"Listen to what I say. Let this be your way of comforting me. |
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Be patient while I speak. Then after I have finished speaking, you may make fun of me. |
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"My complaint is not against people. There is a good reason why I am not patient. |
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Look at me and be shocked. Put your hand over your mouth, and stare at me in shock! |
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When I think about what happened to me, I feel afraid and my body shakes! |
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Why do evil people live long lives? Why do they grow old and successful? |
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They watch their children grow up and live to see their grandchildren. |
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Their homes are safe and free from fear. God does not punish them. |
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Their bulls never fail to mate. Their cows have healthy calves. |
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They send their children out to play like lambs. Their children dance around. |
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They sing and dance to the sound of harps and flutes. |
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Evil people enjoy success during their lives and then go to the grave without suffering. |
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They say to God, 'Leave us alone! We don't care what you want us to do!' |
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And they say, 'Who is God All-Powerful? We don't need to serve him! It will not help to pray to him!' |
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"Of course, evil people don't make their own success. I would never follow their advice. |
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But how often does God blow out their light? How often does trouble come to them? How often does God get angry with them and punish them? |
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Does God blow them away, like the wind blows straw or like strong winds blow the grain husks? |
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But you say, 'God is saving their punishment for their children.' No! Let God punish the evil people themselves so that they will know what they have done! |
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Let them see their own punishment. Let them feel the anger of God All-Powerful. |
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When their life is finished and they are dead, they will not care about the family they leave behind. |
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"No one can teach God anything he doesn't already know. God judges even those in high places. |
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One person dies after living a full and successful life, a life completely safe and comfortable, |
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with a body that was well fed and bones that were still strong. |
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But another person dies after a hard life that has made them bitter, never having enjoyed anything good. |
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In the end, both of these people will lie together in the dirt. The worms will cover them both. |
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"But I know what you are thinking, and I know you want to hurt me. |
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You might say: 'Show me a good man's house. Now, show me where evil people live.' |
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"Surely you have talked with travelers. Surely you will accept their stories. |
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Evil people are spared when disaster comes. They survive when God shows his anger. |
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No one criticizes them to their faces for how they lived. No one punishes them for the evil they have done. |
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When they are carried to the grave, they will have someone to watch over the place they are buried. |
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So even the soil in the valley will be pleasant for them, and thousands of people will join their funeral procession. |
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"So your empty words are no comfort to me. There is no truth at all in your answers!" |
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