1And Job again took up his parable , and said, 2As God liveth , who hath taken away my right , And the Almighty , who hath vexed my soul 3( For my life is yet whole 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 : Till I die I will not put away mine integrity from me . 6My righteousness I hold fast , and will not let it go : My heart shall not reproach me so long as I live .
The Fate of the Wicked
7Let mine enemy be as the wicked , And let him that riseth up against me be as the unrighteous . 8For what is the hope of the godless , though he get him gain , When God taketh away his soul ? 9Will God hear his cry , When trouble cometh upon him ? 10Will he delight himself in the Almighty , And call upon God at all times ?
The Evidence of the Wicked's Downfall
11I will teach you concerning the hand of God ; That which is with the Almighty will I not conceal . 12Behold , all ye yourselves have seen it ; Why then are ye become altogether vain ?
The Inheritance of the Wicked
13This is the portion of a wicked man with God, And the heritage of oppressors , which they receive from the Almighty : 14If his children be multiplied , it is for the sword ; And his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread . 15Those that remain of him shall be buried in death , And his widows shall make no lamentation . 16Though he heap up silver as the dust , And prepare raiment as the clay ; 17He may prepare it , but the just shall put it on , And the innocent shall divide the silver . 18He buildeth his house as the moth , And as a booth which the keeper maketh . 19He lieth down rich , but he shall not be gathered to his fathers ; He openeth his eyes , and he is not . 20Terrors overtake him like waters ; A tempest stealeth him away in the night . 21The east wind carrieth him away , and he departeth ; And it sweepeth him out of his place . 22For God shall hurl at him , and not spare : He would fain flee out of his hand . 23Men shall clap their hands at him , And shall hiss him out of his place .