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¹ Iyov continued his speech:

² "I swear by the living God,
who is denying me justice,
and by Shaddai,
who deals with me so bitterly,
³ that as long my life remains in me
and God's breath is in my nostrils,
⁴ my lips will not speak unrighteousness,
or my tongue utter deceit.
⁵ Far be it from me to say you are right;
I will keep my integrity till the day I die.
⁶ I hold to my righteousness; I won't let it go;
my heart will not shame me as long as I live.

⁷ "May my enemy meet the doom of the wicked;
my foe the fate of the unrighteous.
⁸ For what hope does the godless have from his gain
when God takes away his life?
⁹ Will God hear his cry
when trouble comes upon him?
¹⁰ Will he take delight in Shaddai
and always call on God?

¹¹ "I am teaching you how God uses his power,
not hiding what Shaddai is doing.
¹² Look, you all can see for yourselves;
so why are you talking such empty nonsense?

¹³ "This is God's reward for the wicked man,
the heritage oppressors receive from Shaddai:
¹⁴ if his sons become many, they go to the sword;
and his children never have enough to eat.
¹⁵ Those of his who remain are buried by plague,
and their widows do not weep.
¹⁶ Even if he piles up silver like dust
and stores away clothing [in mounds] like clay —
¹⁷ he may collect it, but the just will wear it,
and the upright divide up the silver.
¹⁸ He builds his house weak as a spider's web,
as flimsy as a watchman's shack.
¹⁹ He may lie down rich, but his wealth yields nothing;
when he opens his eyes, it isn't there.
²⁰ Terrors overtake him like a flood;
at night a whirlwind steals him away.
²¹ The east wind carries him off, and he's gone;
it sweeps him far from his place.
²² Yes, it hurls itself at him, sparing nothing;
he does all he can to flee from its power.
²³ [People] clap their hands at him in derision
and hiss him out of his home.