Job

 2 “As God* lives,+ who has taken away my judgment,+

And as the Almighty [lives], who has made my soul bitter,+

 3 While my breath is yet whole within me,

And the spirit of God* is in my nostrils,+

 4 My lips will speak no unrighteousness

And my own tongue will mutter no deceit!

 5 It is unthinkable on my part that I should declare YOU men righteous!+

Until I expire I shall not take away my integrity+ from myself!

 6 On my justness I have laid hold, and I shall not let it go;+

My heart will not taunt [me] for any of my days.+

 7 Let my enemy become in every way a wicked man,+

And the one revolting against me really a wrongdoer.

 8 For what is the hope of an apostate in case he cuts [him] off,+

In case God* carries off his soul from him?+

 9 Will God* hear an outcry of his

In case distress comes upon him?+

10 Or in the Almighty will he find exquisite delight?

Will he call to God at all times?

11 I shall instruct YOU men by the hand of God;

That which is with the Almighty I shall not hide.+

12 Look! YOU yourselves have all of YOU seen visions;

So why is it that YOU show yourselves utterly vain?+

13 This is the share of the wicked man* from God;+

And the inheritance of the tyrants they will receive from the Almighty himself.

14 If his sons become many, it is for a sword;+

And his descendants themselves will not have enough food.*

15 His own survivors will be buried during a deadly plague,*

And their own widows will not weep.+

16 If he should pile up silver like dust itself,

And he should prepare attire just as if clay,

17 He would prepare, but the righteous would be the one to clothe himself,+

And in the silver the innocent would be the one to have a share.

18 He has built his house like a mere moth,

And like a booth+ that a watchman has made.

19 Rich he will lie down, but nothing will be gathered;*

His eyes he has opened, but there will be nothing.+

20 Like waters* sudden terrors will overtake him;+

At night a storm wind will certainly steal him away.

21 An east wind will carry him off+ and he will go away,

And it will whirl him away from his place.+

22 And it will hurl itself at him and have no compassion;+

From its power he will without fail try to run away.+

23 One will clap his hands at him+

And will whistle+ at him from his place.*