A Protest of Innocence

27:1 And Job took up his discourse again:1

27:2 “As surely as God lives,2 who has denied me justice,3

the Almighty, who has made my life bitter4—

27:3 for while5 my spirit6 is still in me,

and the breath from God is in my nostrils,

27:4 my7 lips will not speak wickedness,

and my tongue will whisper8 no deceit.

27:5 I will never9 declare that you three10 are in the right;

until I die, I will not set aside my integrity!

27:6 I will maintain my righteousness

and never let it go;

my conscience11 will not reproach me

for as long as I live.12