Job 12:6

²⁴The earth is given into the hand of the wicked. He covers the faces of its judges. If not he, then who is it?

¹¹They say, “How does God know? Is there knowledge in the Most High?” ¹²Behold, these are the wicked. Being always at ease, they increase in riches.

⁷“Why do the wicked live, become old, yes, and grow mighty in power? ⁸Their child is established with them in their sight, their offspring before their eyes. ⁹Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them. ¹⁰Their bulls breed without fail. Their cows calve, and don’t miscarry. ¹¹They send out their little ones like a flock. Their children dance. ¹²They sing to the tambourine and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the pipe. ¹³They spend their days in prosperity. In an instant they go down to Sheol.^14[+] They tell God, ‘Depart from us, for we don’t want to know about your ways. ¹⁵What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? What profit should we have, if we pray to him?’

¹Don’t fret because of evildoers, neither be envious against those who work unrighteousness.

³⁵I have seen the wicked in great power, spreading himself like a green tree in its native soil.

¹⁴from men by your hand, LORD, from men of the world, whose portion is in this life. You fill the belly of your cherished ones. Your sons have plenty, and they store up wealth for their children.

¹⁸Yet he filled their houses with good things, but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

²⁷As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit. Therefore they have become great, and grew rich.