Holy Scripture
Job 9:24
A church father on this verse
“"The earth is given into the hand of the wicked." With regard to the context of the passage, Job seems to state that his earthly part, that is, his body, is given to torments and vexations. The permission to afflict it is granted to the impious. Therefore, it certainly happens that those who see cannot express a fair…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
24For they are delivered into the hands of the unrighteous man: He covers the faces of the judges of the earth: But if it be not he, who is it?
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22Wherefore I said, Wrath slays the great and mighty man.
23For the worthless die, But the righteous are laughed to scorn.
— Job 9:24 —
25But my life is swifter than a post: My days have fled away, and they knew it not.
26Or again, is there a trace of their path left by ships? Or is there one of the flying eagle as it seeks its prey?