22  ^lWill any teach God knowledge,

seeing that he ^mjudges those who are on high?

23  One dies in his full vigor,

being wholly at ease and secure,

24  his pails¹ full of milk

and ⁿthe marrow of his bones moist.

25  Another dies in ^obitterness of soul,

never having tasted of prosperity.

26  They ^plie down alike in the dust,

and ^qthe worms cover them.

27  “Behold, I know your thoughts

and your schemes to wrong me.

28  For you say, ^r‘Where is the house of the prince?

Where is ^sthe tent in which the wicked lived?’

29  Have you not asked those who travel the roads,

and do you not accept their testimony

30  that ^tthe evil man is spared in the day of calamity,

that he is rescued in the day of wrath?

31  Who declares his way ^uto his face,

and who ^vrepays him for what he has done?

32  When he is ^wcarried to the grave,

watch is kept over his tomb.

33  ^xThe clods of the valley are sweet to him;

^yall mankind follows after him,

and those who go before him are innumerable.

34  How then will you comfort me with empty nothings?

There is nothing left of your answers but falsehood.”