1 Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,

  2 As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul;

  3 All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;

  4 My lips shall not speak ^awickedness, nor my tongue utter ^bdeceit.

  6 My ^arighteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not ^breproach me so long as I live.

  7 Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.

  8 For what is the ^ahope of the hypocrite, though he hath ^bgained, when God taketh away his soul?

  9 Will God ^ahear his ^bcry when trouble cometh upon him?

  10 Will he delight himself in the ^aAlmighty? will he always call upon God?

  11 I will teach you by the hand of God: that which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.

  12 Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye thus altogether vain?

  13 This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of ^aoppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty.

  14 If his ^achildren be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.

  15 Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep.

  16 Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare ^araiment as the clay;

  17 He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.

  18 He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh.

  19 The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not.

  20 Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.

  21 The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storm hurleth him out of his place.

  22 For God shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.

  23 Men shall ^aclap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.