17 Which said unto God, Depart from us, and asked what the Almighty could do for them.

18 Yet he [a]filled their houses with good things: but let the counsel of the wicked be far from me.

19 The righteous shall see them, and shall rejoice, [b]and the innocent shall laugh them to scorn.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 22:18 He answereth to that which Job had said, Job 21:7, that the wicked have prosperity in this world: desiring that he might not be partaker of the like.
  2. Job 22:19 The just rejoice at the destruction of the wicked for two causes: first, because God showeth himself judge of the world and by this means continueth his honor and glory: secondly, because God showeth that he hath care over his in that he punished their enemies.

17 They said to God, ‘Leave us alone!
    What can the Almighty do to us?’(A)
18 Yet it was he who filled their houses with good things,(B)
    so I stand aloof from the plans of the wicked.(C)
19 The righteous see their ruin and rejoice;(D)
    the innocent mock(E) them, saying,

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