1Job continued his discourse:
2“As surely as God lives, who has deprived me of justice—
3as long as my breath is still within me
4my lips will not speak wickedness,
5I will never say that you are right;
6I will cling to my righteousness and never let go.
7May my enemy be like the wicked
8For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off,
9Will God hear his cry
10Will he delight in the Almighty?
11I will instruct you in the power of God.
12Surely all of you have seen it for yourselves.
13This is the wicked man’s portion from God—
14Though his sons are many, they are destined for the sword;
15His survivors will be buried by the plague,
16Though he heaps up silver like dust
17what he lays up, the righteous will wear,
18The house he built is like a moth’s cocoon,
19He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more;
20Terrors overtake him like a flood;
21The east wind carries him away, and he is gone;
22It hurls itself against him without mercy
23It claps its hands at him