15 What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?

16 Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

17 How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger.

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15 (A)Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him?
And (B)what profit do we have if we pray to Him?’
16 Indeed [a]their prosperity is not in their hand;
(C)The counsel of the wicked is far from me.

17 “How often is the lamp of the wicked put out?
How often does their destruction come upon them,
The sorrows God (D)distributes in His anger?

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Footnotes

  1. Job 21:16 Lit. their goal