1 J ob again took up his discourse and said,

2 A s God lives, Who has taken away my right and denied me justice, and the Almighty, Who has vexed and embittered my life,

3 A s long as my life is still whole within me, and the breath of God is in my nostrils,

4 M y lips shall not speak untruth, nor shall my tongue utter deceit.

5 G od forbid that I should justify you—saying you are right; till I die, I will not put away my integrity from me.

6 M y uprightness and my right standing with God I hold fast and will not let them go; my heart does not reproach me for any of my days and it shall not reproach me as long as I live.

7 L et my enemy be as the wicked, and let him who rises up against me be as the unrighteous.

8 F or what is the hope of the godless and polluted, even though he has gained, when God cuts him off and takes away his life?

9 W ill God hear his cry when trouble comes upon him?

10 W ill he take delight in the Almighty? Will he call upon God at all times?

11 I will teach you regarding the hand and handiwork of God; that which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.

12 B ehold, all of you have seen it yourselves; why then have you become altogether vain ?

13 T his is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage which oppressors shall receive from the Almighty:

14 I f his children are multiplied, it is for the sword; and his offspring will not have sufficient bread.

15 T hose who survive him, will bury, and widows will make no lamentation.

16 T hough he heaps up silver like dust and piles up clothing like clay,

17 H e may prepare it, but the just will wear it, and the innocent will divide the silver.

18 H e builds his house like a moth or a spider, like a booth which a watchman makes.

19 w ill lie down rich, but does it not again; he opens his eyes, and is gone.

20 T errors overtake him like a flood; a windstorm steals him away in the night.

21 T he east wind lifts him up, and he is gone; it sweeps him out of his place.

22 F or hurl at him without pity and unsparingly; he flees in haste before His power.

23 m en to clap their hands at him and hiss him out of his place.