"Behold, their prosperity is not in their hand": Job does not go off the deep end, he does not envy the wicked, he realizes that God has allowed them to prosper and they are well off in spite of their wickedness and not because of it. "The counsel of the wicked is far from me": "Even though they are so blessed (in their evil), and he is ill-treated (in his righteousness), nevertheless, he repudiates their wicked counsel (their way of life). What. man! No wonder God is proud of him. And what. rebuttal to Satan's charge that men only serve Jehovah for profit!" (Jackson p. 55).

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