Job Continues: I Will Maintain My Integrity

27 And Job again rtook up his discourse, and said:

2  “As God lives, who has staken away my right,

and the Almighty, who has tmade my soul bitter,

3  as long as my breath is in me,

and uthe spirit of God is in my nostrils,

4  my lips will not speak vfalsehood,

and my tongue will not utter vdeceit.

5  Far be it from me to say that you are right;

till I die I will not put away my wintegrity from me.

6  I xhold fast my righteousness and will not let it go;

my heart does not yreproach me for any of my days.

7  “Let my enemy be as the wicked,

and let him who rises up against me be as the unrighteous.

8  zFor what is the hope of the godless awhen God cuts him off,

when God takes away his life?

9  bWill God hear his cry

when distress comes upon him?

10  Will he ctake delight in the Almighty?

Will he call upon God at all times?

11  I will teach you concerning the hand of God;

dwhat is with the Almighty I will not conceal.

12  Behold, all of you have seen it yourselves;

why then have you become altogether vain?

13  e“This is the portion of a wicked man with God,

and the heritage that foppressors receive from the Almighty:

14  If his gchildren are multiplied, it is for hthe sword,

and his descendants have not enough bread.

15  Those who survive him the pestilence buries,

and his iwidows do not weep.

16  Though he jheap up silver like dust,

and pile up clothing like clay,

17  he may pile it up, but the righteous will wear it,

and kthe innocent will divide the silver.

18  He builds his lhouse like a moth’s,

like ma booth that na watchman makes.

19  He goes to bed rich, but will odo so no more;

he opens his eyes, and phis wealth is gone.

20  qTerrors overtake him like ra flood;

in the night a whirlwind scarries him off.

21  tThe east wind lifts him up and he is gone;

it usweeps him out of his place.

22  It1 hurls at him vwithout pity;

he flees from its2 power in headlong flight.

23  It wclaps its hands at him

and xhisses at him from its place.