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¹ And Job again took up his discourse, and said:² "As God lives, who has taken away my right, and the Almighty, who 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 will not speak falsehood, and my tongue will not utter deceit.⁵ Far be it from me to say that you are right; till I die I will not put away my integrity from me.⁶ I hold fast my righteousness, and will not let it go; my heart does not reproach me for any of my days.

⁷ "Let my enemy be as the wicked, and let him that rises up against me be as the unrighteous.⁸ For what is the hope of the godless when God cuts him off, when God takes away his life?⁹ Will God hear his cry, when trouble comes upon him?¹⁰ Will he take delight in the Almighty? Will he call upon God at all times?

¹¹ I will teach you concerning the hand of God; what is with the Almighty I will not conceal.¹² Behold, 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, and the heritage which oppressors receive from the Almighty:¹⁴ If his children are multiplied, it is for the sword; and his offspring have not enough to eat.¹⁵ Those who survive him the pestilence buries, and their widows make no lamentation.¹⁶ Though he heap up silver like dust, and pile up clothing like clay;¹⁷ he may pile it up, but the just will wear it, and the innocent will divide the silver.¹⁸ The house which he builds is like a spider's web, like a booth which a watchman makes.¹⁹ He goes to bed rich, but will do so no more; he opens his eyes, and his wealth is gone.²⁰ Terrors overtake him like a flood; in the night a whirlwind carries him off.²¹ The east wind lifts him up and he is gone; it sweeps him out of his place.²² It hurls at him without pity; he flees from its power in headlong flight.²³ It claps its hands at him, and hisses at him from its place.