1Job resumed speaking and he said,

2“As surely as God lives, who has taken away my justice,
the Almighty, who made my life bitter,

3while my life is yet in me,
and the breath from God is in my nostrils,
this is what I will do.

4My lips will not speak wickedness,
neither will my tongue speak deceit;

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I will never admit that you three are right;
until I die I will never deny my integrity.

6I hold fast to my righteousness and will not let it go;
my thoughts will not reproach me so long as I live.

7Let my enemy be like a wicked man;
let him who rises up against me be like an unrighteous man.

8For what is the hope of a godless man when God cuts him off,
when God takes away his life?

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

10Will he delight himself in the Almighty
and call upon God at all times?

11I will teach you concerning the hand of God;
I will not conceal the thoughts of the Almighty.

12See, all of you have seen this yourselves;
why then have you spoken all this nonsense?

13This is the portion of a wicked man with God,
the heritage of the oppressor that he receives from the Almighty:

14If his children multiply, it is for the sword;
his offspring will never have enough food.

15Those who survive him will be buried by plague,
and their widows will make no lament for them.

16Though the wicked man heaps up silver like the dust,
and heaps up clothing like clay,

17he may heap up clothing, but righteous people will put it on,
and innocent people will divide up the silver among themselves.

18He builds his house like a spider,
like a hut that a guard makes.

19He lies down in bed rich, but he will not keep doing so;
he opens his eyes, and everything is gone.

20Terrors overtake him like waters;
a storm takes him away in the night.

21The east wind carries him away, and he leaves;
it sweeps him out of his place.

22It throws itself at him and does not stop;
he tries to flee out of its hand.

23It claps its hands at him in mockery;
it hisses him out of his place.