1Job again took up his parable, and said,
2“As God lives, who has taken away my right,
3(for the length of my life is still in me,
4surely my lips will not speak unrighteousness,
5Far be it from me that I should justify you.
6I hold fast to my righteousness, and will not let it go.
7“Let my enemy be as the wicked.
8For what is the hope of the godless, when he is cut off,
9Will God hear his cry when trouble comes on him?
10Will he delight himself in the Almighty,
11I will teach you about the hand of God.
12Behold, all of you have seen it yourselves;
13“This is the portion of a wicked man with God,
14If his children are multiplied, it is for the sword.
15Those who remain of him will be buried in death.
16Though he heap up silver as the dust,
17he may prepare it, but the just will put it on,
18He builds his house as the moth,
19He lies down rich, but he will not do so again.
20Terrors overtake him like waters.
21The east wind carries him away, and he departs.
22For it hurls at him, and does not spare,
23Men will clap their hands at him,