1. And Job answereth and saith: --
2. Hear ye diligently my word, And this is your consolation.
3. Bear with me, and I speak, And after my speaking--ye may deride.
4. I--to man [is] my complaint? and if [so], wherefore May not my temper become short?
5. Turn unto me, and be astonished, And put hand to mouth.
6. Yea, if I have remembered, then I have been troubled. And my flesh hath taken fright.
7. Wherefore do the wicked live? They have become old, Yea, they have been mighty in wealth.