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¹ And Job again took up his parable, and said:² As God liveth, who hath taken away my right; and the Almighty, who hath dealt bitterly with me;³ All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils,⁴ Surely my lips shall not speak unrighteousness, neither shall my tongue utter deceit;⁵ Far be it from me that I should justify you; ⁶ My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go; my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.

⁷ Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and let him that riseth up against me be as the unrighteous.⁸ For what is the hope of the godless, though he get him gain, when God taketh away his soul?⁹ Will God hear his cry, when trouble cometh upon him?¹⁰ Will he have his delight in the Almighty, and call upon God at all times?

¹¹ I will teach you concerning the hand of God; that which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.¹² Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye become altogether vain?¹³ This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they receive from the Almighty.¹⁴ If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword; and his offspring shall not have bread enough.¹⁵ Those that remain of him shall be buried by pestilence, and his widows shall make no lamentation.¹⁶ Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;¹⁷ He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.¹⁸ He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth which the keeper maketh.¹⁹ He lieth down rich, but there shall be not to gather; he openeth his eyes, and his wealth is not.²⁰ Terrors overtake him like waters; a tempest stealeth him away in the night.²¹ The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth; and it sweepeth him out of his place.²² Yea, it hurleth at him, and spareth not; he would fain flee from its power.²³ Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.