Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind: ² 

For they suffer no pain; ¹  their bodies ²  are strong and well-fed. ³ 

For they eat bread ¹  gained from wickedness ²  and drink wine obtained from violence. ³ 

If you see the extortion ¹  of the poor, or the perversion ²  of justice and fairness in the government, ³  do not be astonished by the matter. For the high official is watched by a higher official, ⁴  and there are higher ones over them! ⁵ 

You ¹  build Zion through bloody crimes, ²  Jerusalem ³  through unjust violence.

For you will pay in full for your violent acts against Lebanon; ¹  terrifying judgment will come upon you because of the way you destroyed the wild animals living there. ²  You have shed human blood and committed violent acts against lands, cities, and those who live in them.

When he came to the other side, to the region of the Gadarenes, ¹  two demon-possessed men coming from the tombs met him. They were extremely violent, so that no one was able to pass by that way.

For he has oppressed the poor and abandoned them; ¹  he has seized a house which he did not build. ² 

I will turn my face away from them and they will desecrate my treasured place. ¹  Vandals will enter it and desecrate it. ² 

It shrieked, threw him into terrible convulsions, and came out. The boy ¹  looked so much like a corpse that many said, “He is dead!”

For you have heard of my former way of life ¹  in Judaism, how I was savagely persecuting the church of God and trying to destroy it.

even though I was formerly a blasphemer and a persecutor, and an arrogant ¹  man. But I was treated with mercy because I acted ignorantly in unbelief,

“‘Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: In my rage I will make a violent wind break out. In my anger there will be a deluge of rain and hailstones in destructive fury.

The earth was ruined ¹  in the sight of ²  God; the earth was filled with violence. ³ 

Your ox will be slaughtered before your very eyes but you will not eat of it. Your donkey will be stolen from you as you watch and will not be returned to you. Your flock of sheep will be given to your enemies and there will be no one to save you.

although ¹  there is no violence in my hands and my prayer is pure.

Why ²  do the nations rebel? ³  Why ⁴  are the countries ⁵  devising ⁶  plots that will fail? ⁷ 

I will hurry off to a place that is safe from the strong wind ¹  and the gale.”

Deliver me from evildoers! ¹  Rescue me from violent men! ² 

Each one will be handed over to the sword; ¹  their corpses will be eaten by jackals. ²