271Job again took up his parable, and said,+2“As God lives, who has taken away my right,the Almighty, who has made my soul bitter+3(for the length of my life is still in me,and the spirit of God is in my nostrils);+4surely my lips shall not speak unrighteousness,neither shall my tongue utter deceit.+5Far be it from me that I should justify you.Until I die I will not put away my integrity from me.+6I hold fast to my righteousness, and will not let it go.My heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.+
The Wicked Man’s Portion
7“Let my enemy be as the wicked.Let him who rises up against me be as the unrighteous.+8For what is the hope of the godless, when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?+9Will God hear his cry when trouble comes on him?+10Will he delight himself in the Almighty,and call on God at all times?+11I will teach you about the hand of God.That which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.+12Behold, all of you have seen it yourselves;why then have you become altogether vain?+13“This is the portion of a wicked man with God,the heritage of oppressors, which they receive from the Almighty.+14If his children are multiplied, it is for the sword.His offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.+15Those who remain of him shall be buried in death.His widows shall make no lamentation.+16Though he heap up silver as the dust,and prepare clothing as the clay;+17he may prepare it, but the just shall put it on,and the innocent shall divide the silver.+18He builds his house as the moth,as a booth which the watchman makes.+19He lies down rich, but he shall not do so again.He opens his eyes, and he is not.+20Terrors overtake him like waters.A storm steals him away in the night.+21The east wind carries him away, and he departs.It sweeps him out of his place.+22For it hurls at him, and does not spare,as he flees away from his hand.+23Men shall clap their hands at him,and shall hiss him out of his place.+
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