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23 When disaster brings sudden death,
    he mocks at the calamity[a] of the innocent.
24 The earth is given into the hand of the wicked;
    he covers the eyes of its judges—
    if it is not he, who then is it?

25 ‘My days are swifter than a runner;
    they flee away, they see no good.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 9:23 Meaning of Heb uncertain

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