^{1 Ref} Job again took up his parable, and said,

^{2 Ref} "As God lives, who has taken away my right, The Almighty, who has made my soul bitter.

^{3 Ref} (For the length of my life is still in me, And the spirit of God is in my nostrils);

^{4 Ref} Surely my lips shall not speak unrighteousness, Neither shall my tongue utter deceit.

^{5 Ref} Far be it from me that I should justify you. Until I die I will not put away my integrity from me.

^{6 Ref} I hold fast to my righteousness, and will not let it go. My heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.

^{7 Ref} "Let my enemy be as the wicked, Let him who rises up against me be as the unrighteous.

^{8 Ref} For what is the hope of the godless, when he is cut off, When God takes away his life?

^{9 Ref} Will God hear his cry, When trouble comes on him?

^{10 Ref} Will he delight himself in the Almighty, And call on God at all times?

^{11 Ref} I will teach you about the hand of God. That which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.

^{12 Ref} Behold, all of you have seen it yourselves; Why then have you become altogether vain?

^{13 Ref} "This is the portion of a wicked man with God, The heritage of oppressors, which they receive from the Almighty.

^{14 Ref} If his children are multiplied, it is for the sword. His offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.

^{15 Ref} Those who remain of him shall be buried in death. His widows shall make no lamentation.

^{16 Ref} Though he heap up silver as the dust, And prepare clothing as the clay;

^{17 Ref} He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, And the innocent shall divide the silver.

^{18 Ref} He builds his house as the moth, As a booth which the watchman makes.

^{19 Ref} He lies down rich, but he shall not do so again. He opens his eyes, and he is not.

^{20 Ref} Terrors overtake him like waters; A tempest steals him away in the night.

^{21 Ref} The east wind carries him away, and he departs; It sweeps him out of his place.

^{22 Ref} For it hurls at him, and does not spare, As he flees away from his hand.

^{23 Ref} Men shall clap their hands at him, And shall hiss him out of his place.