1 ¶ Moreover Job continued his discourse, saying,

2 As God lives, who has deprived me of justice; and the Almighty, who has made my life bitter;

3 As long as I live, and the breath of God is in my nostrils;

4 My lips will not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.

5 I will never say that you are right: until I die I will not deny my integrity.

6 I will cling to my righteousness, and will never let it go: there is not a day in which my conscience condemns me.

7 ¶ Let my enemy be as the wicked, and he who rises up against me as the unrighteous.

8 For what hope does the ungodly have, even though he has gained, when God takes away his soul?

9 Will God hear his cry when trouble comes upon him?

10 Will he take delight in the Almighty? will he call upon God at all times?

11 ¶ I will teach you about God’s power: and will not conceal that which the Almighty has in store.

12 Behold, all of you have seen it yourselves; why then do you talk such nonsense?

13 This is what God has in store for the wicked man, this is the heritage of oppressors, and what they will receive from the Almighty.

14 If he has many children, the sword will take them: and his offspring will not have enough food.

15 Those that survive him will be buried in death: and his widows will not weep.

16 Though he accumulates piles of silver, and acquires mounds of clothing;

17 What he acquires, the righteous will wear, and the innocent will divide the silver.

18 He builds his home like a moth, and like the booth that a watchman makes.

19 The rich man will lie down, but he will not awake: he opens his eyes, and is gone.

20 Terrors take hold of him like a flood, in the night a storm sweeps him away.

21 The east wind carries him away, and he is gone: like a storm it sweeps him out of his place.

22 For God bursts upon him, without mercy: he flees desperately from his grasp.

23 Men will applaud at his passing, and will hiss him out of his place.