1 J ob again took up his parable, and said,

2 “ As God lives, who has taken away my right, the Almighty, who has made my soul bitter.

3 ( For the length of my life is still in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils);

4 s urely my lips shall not speak unrighteousness, neither shall my tongue utter deceit.

5 F ar be it from me that I should justify you. Until I die I will not put away my integrity from me.

6 I hold fast to my righteousness, and will not let it go. My heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.

7 “ Let my enemy be as the wicked. Let him who rises up against me be as the unrighteous.

8 F or what is the hope of the godless, when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?

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

10 W ill he delight himself in the Almighty, and call on God at all times?

11 I will teach you about the hand 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 “ This is the portion of a wicked man with God, the heritage of oppressors, which they receive from the Almighty.

14 I f his children are multiplied, it is for the sword. His offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.

15 T hose who remain of him shall be buried in death. His widows shall make no lamentation.

16 T hough he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare clothing as the clay;

17 h e may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.

18 H e builds his house as the moth, as a booth which the watchman makes.

19 H e lies down rich, but he shall not do so again. He opens his eyes, and he is not.

20 T errors overtake him like waters. A storm steals him away in the night.

21 T he east wind carries him away, and he departs. It sweeps him out of his place.

22 F or it hurls at him, and does not spare, as he flees away from his hand.

23 M en shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.