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1 Job continued speaking:
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Then Job took up his topic again:
2 “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 God lives, who rejected my legal claim, the Almighty, who made me bitter,
3 As long as I live, while I have breath from God,
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as long as breath is in me and God's breath is in my nostrils—
4 my lips will speak no evil, and my tongue will speak no lies.
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my lips will utter no wickedness; my tongue will mumble no deceit.
5 I will never concede that you are right; I will defend my integrity until I die.
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I will not agree that you are right. Until my dying day, I won't give up my integrity.
6 I will maintain my innocence without wavering. My conscience is clear for as long as I live.
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I will insist on my innocence, never surrendering it; my conscience will never blame me for what I have done.
7 “May my enemy be punished like the wicked, my adversary like those who do evil.
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Let my enemy be like the wicked, my opposition like the vicious.
8 For what hope do the godless have when God cuts them off and takes away their life?
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For what hope has the godless when God cuts them off, when he takes them away.
9 Will God listen to their cry when trouble comes upon them?
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Will God hear their cries when distress comes to them;
10 Can they take delight in the Almighty? Can they call to God at any time?
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will they delight in the Almighty, call God at any time?
11 I will teach you about God’s power. I will not conceal anything concerning the Almighty.
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I will teach you God's power, not hide what pertains to the Almighty.
12 But you have seen all this, yet you say all these useless things to me.
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Look, those of you who recognize this— why then this empty talk?
13 “This is what the wicked will receive from God; this is their inheritance from the Almighty.
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This is the wicked's portion with God, the inheritance that the ruthless receive from the Almighty.
14 They may have many children, but the children will die in war or starve to death.
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If their children increase, they belong to the sword; their offspring won't have enough bread.
15 Those who survive will die of a plague, and not even their widows will mourn them.
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Their survivors will be buried with the dead; their widows won't weep.
16 “Evil people may have piles of money and may store away mounds of clothing.
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If they store up silver like dust, amass clothing like clay,
17 But the righteous will wear that clothing, and the innocent will divide that money.
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they may amass, but the righteous will wear it; the innocent will divide the silver.
18 The wicked build houses as fragile as a spider’s web, as flimsy as a shelter made of branches.
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They built their houses like nests, like a hut made by a watchman.
19 The wicked go to bed rich but wake to find that all their wealth is gone.
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They lie down rich, but no longer; open their eyes, but it's missing.
20 Terror overwhelms them like a flood, and they are blown away in the storms of the night.
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Terrors overtake them like waters; a tempest snatches them by night;
21 The east wind carries them away, and they are gone. It sweeps them away.
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an east wind lifts them, and they are gone, removes them from their places,
22 It whirls down on them without mercy. They struggle to flee from its power.
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throws itself on them without mercy; they flee desperately from its force.
23 But everyone jeers at them and mocks them.
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It claps its hands over them, hisses at them from their place.
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