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¹ And Job continued the uplifting of his discourse, and said:² As God lives, He has taken away my judgment; yea, the Almighty has made my soul bitter.³ As long as my breath is in me, and the Spirit of God is in my nostrils,⁴ my lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.⁵ Far be it from me that I should justify you. Until I die, I shall not retract my integrity from me.⁶ I hold fast by my righteousness, and I will not abandon it; my heart shall not shame me any of my days.

⁷ Let my enemy be like the wicked and he who rises against me as the perverse.⁸ For what is the hope of the ungodly when He cuts off, when God pulls out his soul?⁹ Will God hear his cry when distress comes upon him?¹⁰ Will he delight in the Almighty? Will he call on God at every time?

¹¹ I will teach you by the hand of God; that which is with the Almighty I will not hide.¹² Behold, all of you have seen it yourselves; when then do you become vain with this vanity?¹³ This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the inheritance of ruthless men that they shall receive from the Almighty.¹⁴ If his sons become numerous, the sword is for them; and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.¹⁵ Those remaining of him shall be buried in death, and his widows shall not weep.¹⁶ Though he heaps up silver like the dust, and prepares clothing like the clay;¹⁷ he may prepare, but the just shall put it on; and the innocent shall divide the silver.¹⁸ He builds his house like a moth, and like a booth that a watchman makes.¹⁹ The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered; he opens his eyes, and he is not.²⁰ Fears shall overtake him like waters; a tempest steals him away in the night.²¹ The east wind lifts him up and he is gone; for it whirls him out of his place.²² For it will hurl at him, and will not spare; from its hand fleeing he will flee.²³ He shall clap His hands at him, and shall hiss him from his place.