[1] Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,
[2] As God lives, who has taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who has vexed my soul;
[3] All the while 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] God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove my integrity from me.
[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 my enemy be as the wicked, and he that rises up against me as the unrighteous.
[8] For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he has gained, when God takes away his soul?
[9] Will God hear his cry when trouble comes on him?
[10] Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call on God?
[11] I will teach you by the hand of God: that which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.
[12] Behold, all you yourselves have seen it; why then are you thus altogether vain?
[13] This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty.
[14] If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
[15] Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep.
[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 builds his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper makes.
[19] The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he opens his eyes, and he is not.
[20] Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest steals him away in the night.
[21] The east wind carries him away, and he departs: and as a storm hurls him out of his place.
[22] For God shall cast on him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.
[23] Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.
