"Whatmanis like Job,Whodrinksup derisionlike water,
"Shall your boastssilencemen?And shall you scoffand nonerebuke?
"I ama joketo my friends,The one who calledon Godand He answeredhim; The just[and] blameless[man] is a joke.
Howmuchlessone who is detestableand corrupt,Man,who drinksiniquitylike water!
"But you were fullof judgmenton the wicked;Judgmentand justicetakehold[of you].
"Howlong,O naiveones,will you lovebeing simple-minded?And scoffersdelightthemselves in scoffingAnd foolshateknowledge?
A rascallywitnessmakesa mockeryof justice,And the mouthof the wickedspreadsiniquity.
For they eatthe breadof wickednessAnd drinkthe wineof violence.
"It shall be when he hearsthe wordsof thiscurse,that he will boast,saying,'I havepeacethoughI walkin the stubbornnessof my heartin orderto destroythe watered[land] with the dry.'
