Chapter 21 of Job focuses on one of Mortality's salient points - its unfairness: innocent babies die without even a chance of fulfilling their potential; Long life is often wasted on those who do not appreciate its opportunities; the wicked prosper; the righteous suffer; outcomes often appear to be more random than lawful.
Job assures us that justice is not, however an illusion. Some of the consequences are hidden. We focus on outward goods - wealth, health, family size, fleeting pleasures (v. 7-13). In this life, however, the wicked inwardly bear the weight of an alienation from God (v. 14-15). And in time or in eternity the full consequences of their actions do eventually catch up with them (v. 17-33).
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