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Moreover Job continued his discourse, and said: |
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"[As] God lives, [who] has taken away my justice, And the Almighty, [who] has made my soul bitter, |
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As long as my breath [is] in me, And the breath of God in my nostrils, |
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My lips will not speak wickedness, Nor my tongue utter deceit. |
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Far be it from me That I should say you are right; Till I die I will not put away my integrity from me. |
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My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go; My heart shall not reproach [me] as long as I live. |
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"May my enemy be like the wicked, And he who rises up against me like the unrighteous. |
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For what is the hope of the hypocrite, Though he may gain [much,] If God takes away his life? |
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Will God hear his cry When trouble comes upon him? |
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Will he delight himself in the Almighty? Will he always call on God? |
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"I will teach you about the hand of God; What [is] with the Almighty I will not conceal. |
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Surely all of you have seen [it;] Why then do you behave with complete nonsense? |
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" This is the portion of a wicked man with God, And the heritage of oppressors, received from the Almighty: |
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If his children are multiplied, [it is] for the sword; And his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread. |
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Those who survive him shall be buried in death, And their widows shall not weep, |
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Though he heaps up silver like dust, And piles up clothing like clay -- |
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He may pile [it] up, but the just will wear [it,] And the innocent will divide the silver. |
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He builds his house like a moth, Like a booth [which] a watchman makes. |
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The rich man will lie down, But not be gathered [up;] He opens his eyes, And he [is] no more. |
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Terrors overtake him like a flood; A tempest steals him away in the night. |
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The east wind carries him away, and he is gone; It sweeps him out of his place. |
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It hurls against him and does not spare; He flees desperately from its power. |
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[Men] shall clap their hands at him, And shall hiss him out of his place. |
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