Job 21:12

21:12 They sing to the accompaniment of tambourine and harp,

and make merry to the sound of the flute.

Job 22:19

22:19 The righteous see their destruction and rejoice;

the innocent mock them scornfully, saying,


tn The verb is simply “they take up [or lift up],” but the understood object is “their voices,” and so it means “they sing.”

tn The line is talking about the rejoicing of the righteous when judgment falls on the wicked. An object (“destruction”) has to be supplied here to clarify this (see Pss 52:6 [8]; 69:32 [33]; 107:42).

sn In Ps 2:4 it was God who mocked the wicked by judging them.