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Job Maintains His Integrity
Moreover Job continued his discourse, and said:
Moreover Job continued his discourse, and said:
Job Continues: I Will Maintain My Integrity
And Job again took up his discourse, and said:
And Job again took up his discourse, and said:
“As God lives, who has taken away my justice,
And the Almighty, who has made my soul bitter,
And the Almighty, who has made my soul bitter,
“As God lives, who has taken away my right,
and the Almighty, who has made my soul bitter,
and the Almighty, who has made my soul bitter,
As long as my breath is in me,
And the breath of God in my nostrils,
And the breath of God in my nostrils,
as long as my breath is in me,
and the spirit of God is in my nostrils,
and the spirit of God is in my nostrils,
My lips will not speak wickedness,
Nor my tongue utter deceit.
Nor my tongue utter deceit.
my lips will not speak falsehood,
and my tongue will not utter deceit.
and my tongue will not utter deceit.
Far be it from me
That I should say you are right;
Till I die I will not put away my integrity from me.
That I should say you are right;
Till I die I will not put away my integrity from me.
Far be it from me to say that you are right;
till I die I will not put away my integrity from me.
till I die I will not put away my integrity from me.
I hold fast my righteousness and will not let it go;
my heart does not reproach me for any of my days.
my heart does not reproach me for any of my days.
“May my enemy be like the wicked,
And he who rises up against me like the unrighteous.
And he who rises up against me like the unrighteous.
“Let my enemy be as the wicked,
and let him who rises up against me be as the unrighteous.
and let him who rises up against me be as the unrighteous.
For what is the hope of the hypocrite,
Though he may gain much,
If God takes away his life?
Though he may gain much,
If God takes away his life?
For what is the hope of the godless when God cuts him off,
when God takes away his life?
when God takes away his life?
Will God hear his cry
When trouble comes upon him?
When trouble comes upon him?
Will God hear his cry
when distress comes upon him?
when distress comes upon him?
Will he delight himself in the Almighty?
Will he always call on God?
Will he always call on God?
Will he take delight in the Almighty?
Will he call upon God at all times?
Will he call upon God at all times?
I will teach you concerning the hand of God;
what is with the Almighty I will not conceal.
what is with the Almighty I will not conceal.
Surely all of you have seen it;
Why then do you behave with complete nonsense?
Why then do you behave with complete nonsense?
Behold, all of you have seen it yourselves;
why then have you become altogether vain?
why then have you become altogether vain?
“This is the portion of a wicked man with God,
And the heritage of oppressors, received from the Almighty:
And the heritage of oppressors, received from the Almighty:
“This is the portion of a wicked man with God,
and the heritage that oppressors receive from the Almighty:
and the heritage that oppressors receive from the Almighty:
If his children are multiplied, it is for the sword;
And his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
And his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
If his children are multiplied, it is for the sword,
and his descendants have not enough bread.
and his descendants have not enough bread.
Those who survive him the pestilence buries,
and his widows do not weep.
and his widows do not weep.
Though he heaps up silver like dust,
And piles up clothing like clay —
And piles up clothing like clay —
Though he heap up silver like dust,
and pile up clothing like clay,
and pile up clothing like clay,
He may pile it up, but the just will wear it,
And the innocent will divide the silver.
And the innocent will divide the silver.
he may pile it up, but the righteous will wear it,
and the innocent will divide the silver.
and the innocent will divide the silver.
He builds his house like a moth’s,
like a booth that a watchman makes.
like a booth that a watchman makes.
He goes to bed rich, but will do so no more;
he opens his eyes, and his wealth is gone.
he opens his eyes, and his wealth is gone.
Terrors overtake him like a flood;
A tempest steals him away in the night.
A tempest steals him away in the night.
Terrors overtake him like a flood;
in the night a whirlwind carries him off.
in the night a whirlwind carries him off.
The east wind carries him away, and he is gone;
It sweeps him out of his place.
It sweeps him out of his place.
The east wind lifts him up and he is gone;
it sweeps him out of his place.
it sweeps him out of his place.