| 1 | Job also added to this, using figures of speech, and he said: |
| 2 | As God lives, who has taken away my judgment, and the Almighty, who has led my soul to bitterness, |
| 3 | as long as my breath remains in me and the breath of God remains in my nostrils, |
| 4 | my lips will not speak iniquity, nor will my tongue devise lies. |
| 5 | Far be it from me that I should judge you to be right, for, until I expire, I will not withdraw from my innocence. |
| 6 | I will not forsake my justification, which I have just begun to grasp, for my heart does not find blame for me in my whole life. |
| 7 | Let the impious be as my enemy, and the sinful, as my adversary. |
| 8 | For what hope is there for the hypocrite, if he greedily plunders and God does not free his soul? |
| 9 | Will God pay attention to his cry, when anguish overcomes him? |
| 10 | Or will he take delight in the Almighty and call upon God at all times? |
| 11 | I will teach you through the hand of God, what the Almighty holds, and I will not conceal it. |
| 12 | Behold, you know all this, and so why do you speak vain things without a reason? |
| 13 | This is the portion of the impious man with God, and the inheritance of the violent, which they will receive from the Almighty. |
| 14 | If his sons should happen to increase, they will be for the sword, and his grandsons will not be satisfied with bread. |
| 15 | Whatever will remain of him will be buried in the ruins, and his widows will not weep. |
| 16 | If he will amass silver as if it were dirt and fabricate garments as if they were clay, |
| 17 | then yes, he will gather, but the just will be clothed with it and the innocent will divide the silver. |
| 18 | He has built his house like a moth, and he has made a makeshift shelter like a sentry. |
| 19 | When he falls asleep, the rich man will leave him with nothing; he will open his eyes and find nothing. |
| 20 | Destitution will surround him like water; a storm will overwhelm him in the night. |
| 21 | A burning wind will pick him up and carry him away, and, like a whirlwind, it will rush him from his place. |
| 22 | And it will hurl over him and will not spare him; fleeing from its power, he will go into exile. |
| 23 | He will clasp his hands over himself, and he will hiss at himself, while considering his situation. |
