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Job continued speaking: |
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"I vow by the living God, who has taken away my rights, by the Almighty who has embittered my soul-- |
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As long as I live, while I have breath from God, |
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my lips will speak no evil, and my tongue will speak no lies. |
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I will never concede that you are right; I will defend my integrity until I die. |
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I will maintain my innocence without wavering. My conscience is clear for as long as I live. |
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"May my enemy be punished like the wicked, my adversary like those who do evil. |
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For what hope do the godless have when God cuts them off and takes away their life? |
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Will God listen to their cry when trouble comes upon them? |
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Can they take delight in the Almighty? Can they call to God at any time? |
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I will teach you about God's power. I will not conceal anything concerning the Almighty. |
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But you have seen all this, yet you say all these useless things to me. |
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"This is what the wicked will receive from God; this is their inheritance from the Almighty. |
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They may have many children, but the children will die in war or starve to death. |
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Those who survive will die of a plague, and not even their widows will mourn them. |
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"Evil people may have piles of money and may store away mounds of clothing. |
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But the righteous will wear that clothing, and the innocent will divide that money. |
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The wicked build houses as fragile as a spider's web, as flimsy as a shelter made of branches. |
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The wicked go to bed rich but wake to find that all their wealth is gone. |
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Terror overwhelms them like a flood, and they are blown away in the storms of the night. |
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The east wind carries them away, and they are gone. It sweeps them away. |
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It whirls down on them without mercy. They struggle to flee from its power. |
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But everyone jeers at them and mocks them. |
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