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² If you want to offer comfort,
    then listen to me.
³ And when I have finished,
you can start your insults
    all over again.
⁴ My complaint is against God;
    that's why I am impatient.
⁵ Just looking at me is enough
    to make you sick,
⁶ and the very thought of myself
    fills me with disgust.

⁷ Why do evil people live so long
    and gain such power?
⁸ Why are they allowed to see
    their children grow up?^[a]
9 They have no worries at home,
    and God never punishes them.
¹⁰ Their cattle have lots of calves
    without ever losing one;
¹¹ their children play and dance
    safely by themselves.
¹² These people sing and celebrate
to the sound of tambourines,
    small harps, and flutes,
¹³ and they are successful,
without a worry,
    until the day they die.

¹⁴ Those who are evil say
    to God All-Powerful,
"Leave us alone! Don't bother us
    with your teachings.
¹⁵ What do we gain from praying
    and worshiping you?
¹⁶ We succeeded all on our own."
And so, I keep away from them
    and their evil schemes.

¹⁷ How often does God become angry
and send disaster and darkness
    to punish sinners?
¹⁸ How often does he strike them
like a windstorm
    that scatters straw?

¹⁹ You say, "God will punish
those sinners' children
    in place of those sinners."
But I say, "Let him punish
those sinners themselves
    until they really feel it.
²⁰ Let God All-Powerful force them
to drink
their own destruction
    from the cup of his anger.
²¹ Because after they are dead,
they won't care what happens
    to their children."

²² Who can tell God what to do?
    He judges powerful rulers.
²³ Some of us die prosperous,
²⁴     enjoying good health,
²⁵ while others die in poverty,
    having known only pain.
²⁶ But we all end up dead,
    beneath a blanket of worms.

²⁷ My friends, I know that you
    are plotting against me.
²⁸ You ask, "Where is the home
of that important person
    who does so much evil?"

²⁹ Everyone, near and far, agrees
³⁰     that those who do wrong
never suffer disaster,
    when God becomes angry.
³¹ No one points out their sin
    or punishes them.
³² Then at their funerals,
    they are highly praised;
³³ the earth welcomes them home,
    while crowds mourn.

³⁴ But empty, meaningless words
    are the comfort you offer me.