1Job continued his discourse:
2“As surely as God lives, who has deprived…
3as long as my breath is still within…
4my lips will not speak wickedness, and my…
5I will never say that you are right;…
6I will cling to my righteousness and never…
7May my enemy be like the wicked and…
8For what is the hope of the godless…
9Will God hear his cry when distress comes…
10Will he delight in the Almighty? Will he…
11I will instruct you in the power of…
12Surely all of you have seen it for…
13This is the wicked man’s portion from God—the…
14Though his sons are many, they are destined…
15His survivors will be buried by the plague,…
16Though he heaps up silver like dust and…
17what he lays up, the righteous will wear,…
18The house he built is like a moth’s…
19He lies down wealthy, but will do so…
20Terrors overtake him like a flood; a tempest…
21The east wind carries him away, and he…
22It hurls itself against him without mercy as…
23It claps its hands at him and hisses…
