<p class="poetry">The righteous see their destruction<n id="1" /> and rejoice;p> <p class="poetry">the innocent mock them scornfully,<n id="2" /> saying,p>

<p class="poetry">what he stores up<n id="1" /> a righteous man will wear,p> <p class="poetry">and an innocent man will inherit his silver.p>

<p class="poetry">But the righteous man holds to his way,p> <p class="poetry">and the one with clean hands grows stronger.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Do you really think<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">that one who hates justice can govern?<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">And will you declare guiltyp> <p class="poetry">the supremely righteous<n id="3" /> One,p>

<p class="poetry">I am<n id="1" /> a laughingstock<n id="2" /> to my friends,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">I, who called on God and whom he answered<n id="4" /> &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">a righteous and blameless<n id="5" /> manp> <p class="poetry">is a laughingstock!p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">So these three men refused to answer<n id="2" /> Job further, because he was righteous in his<n id="3" /> own eyes.

<p class="poetry">He does not take his eyes<n id="1" /> off the righteous;p> <p class="poetry">but with kings on the thronep> <p class="poetry">he seats the righteous<n id="2" /> and exalts them forever.<n id="3" />p>