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Job’s Final Speech
Job continued speaking:
Job continued speaking:
Job Affirms His Righteousness
Then Job continued his discourse and said,
Then Job continued his discourse and said,
“I vow by the living God, who has taken away my rights,
by the Almighty who has embittered my soul —
by the Almighty who has embittered my soul —
“As God lives, who has taken away my right,
And the Almighty, who has embittered my soul,
And the Almighty, who has embittered my soul,
As long as I live,
while I have breath from God,
while I have breath from God,
For as long as life is in me,
And the breath of God is in my nostrils,
And the breath of God is in my nostrils,
my lips will speak no evil,
and my tongue will speak no lies.
and my tongue will speak no lies.
My lips certainly will not speak unjustly,
Nor will my tongue mutter deceit.
Nor will my tongue mutter deceit.
I will never concede that you are right;
I will defend my integrity until I die.
I will defend my integrity until I die.
“Far be it from me that I should declare you 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 will maintain my innocence without wavering.
My conscience is clear for as long as I live.
My conscience is clear for as long as I live.
“I hold fast my righteousness and will not let it go.
My heart does not reproach any of my days.
My heart does not reproach any of my days.
“May my enemy be punished like the wicked,
my adversary like those who do evil.
my adversary like those who do evil.
The State of the Godless
“May my enemy be as the wicked
And my opponent as the unjust.
For what hope do the godless have when God cuts them off
and takes away their life?
and takes away their life?
“For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off,
When God requires his life?
When God requires his life?
Will God listen to their cry
when trouble comes upon them?
when trouble comes upon them?
“Will God hear his cry
When distress comes upon him?
When distress comes upon him?
Can they take delight in the Almighty?
Can they call to God at any time?
Can they call to God at any time?
“Will he take delight in the Almighty?
Will he call on God at all times?
Will he call on God at all times?
I will teach you about God’s power.
I will not conceal anything concerning the Almighty.
I will not conceal anything concerning the Almighty.
“I will instruct you in the power of God;
What is with the Almighty I will not conceal.
What is with the Almighty I will not conceal.
But you have seen all this,
yet you say all these useless things to me.
yet you say all these useless things to me.
“Behold, all of you have seen it;
Why then do you act foolishly?
Why then do you act foolishly?
“This is what the wicked will receive from God;
this is their inheritance from the Almighty.
this is their inheritance from the Almighty.
“This is the portion of a wicked man from God,
And the inheritance which tyrants receive from the Almighty.
And the inheritance which tyrants receive from the Almighty.
They may have many children,
but the children will die in war or starve to death.
but the children will die in war or starve to death.
“Though his sons are many, they are destined for the sword;
And his descendants will not be satisfied with bread.
And his descendants will not be satisfied with bread.
Those who survive will die of a plague,
and not even their widows will mourn them.
and not even their widows will mourn them.
“His survivors will be buried because of the plague,
And their widows will not be able to weep.
And their widows will not be able to weep.
“Evil people may have piles of money
and may store away mounds of clothing.
and may store away mounds of clothing.
“Though he piles up silver like dust
And prepares garments as plentiful as the clay,
And prepares garments as plentiful as the clay,
But the righteous will wear that clothing,
and the innocent will divide that money.
and the innocent will divide that money.
He may prepare it, but the just will wear it
And the innocent will divide the silver.
And the innocent will divide the silver.
“He has built his house like the spider’s web,
Or as a hut which the watchman has made.
Or as a hut which the watchman has made.
The wicked go to bed rich
but wake to find that all their wealth is gone.
but wake to find that all their wealth is gone.
“He lies down rich, but never again;
He opens his eyes, and it is no longer.
He opens his eyes, and it is no longer.
Terror overwhelms them like a flood,
and they are blown away in the storms of the night.
and they are blown away in the storms of the night.
“Terrors overtake him like a flood;
A tempest steals him away in the night.
A tempest steals him away in the night.
The east wind carries them away, and they are gone.
It sweeps them away.
It sweeps them away.
“The east wind carries him away, and he is gone,
For it whirls him away from his place.
For it whirls him away from his place.
It whirls down on them without mercy.
They struggle to flee from its power.
They struggle to flee from its power.
“For it will hurl at him without sparing;
He will surely try to flee from its power.
He will surely try to flee from its power.