Job 21:7-15

New King James Version

^7 (A)Why do the wicked live and become old,
Yes, become mighty in power?
⁸ Their descendants are established with them in their sight,
And their offspring before their eyes.
⁹ Their houses are safe from fear,
^(B)Neither is ^[a]the rod of God upon them.
¹⁰ Their bull breeds without failure;
Their cow calves ^(C)without miscarriage.
¹¹ They send forth their little ones like a flock,
And their children dance.
¹² They sing to the tambourine and harp,
And rejoice to the sound of the flute.
¹³ They ^(D)spend their days in wealth,
And ^[b]in a moment go down to the ^[c]grave.
^14 (E)Yet they say to God, ‘Depart from us,
For we do not desire the knowledge of Your ways.
^15 (F)Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him?
And ^(G)what profit do we have if we pray to Him?’