The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth the faces of the judges thereof; if not, where, and who is he?
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Interpretation
Job touches briefly upon the main point now in dispute. His friends maintained that those who are righteous and good, always prosper in this world, and that none but the wicked are in misery and distress: he said, on the contrary, that it is a common thing for the wicked to prosper, and the righteous to be greatly afflicted.