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Job Affirms His Righteousness
2 “As God lives, AJob 16:11; 34:5who has taken away my right,
And the Almighty, BJob 9:18who has embittered my soul,
3 For as long as 1Lit breathlife is in me,
And the 2Or spiritAJob 32:8; 33:4breath of God is in my nostrils,
4 My lips certainly will not speak unjustly,
Nor will AJob 6:28; 33:3my tongue mutter deceit.
5 “Far be it from me that I should declare you right;
Till I die AJob 6:29I will not put away my integrity from me.
6 “I AJob 2:3; 13:18hold fast my righteousness and will not let it go.
My heart does not reproach any of my days.
The State of the Godless
7 “May my enemy be as the wicked
And 1Lit he who rises up against memy opponent as the unjust.
When God requires BJob 12:10his 2Lit soullife?
9 “Will God AJob 35:12, 13; Ps 18:41; Prov 1:28; Is 1:15; Jer 14:12; Mic 3:4hear his cry
When BProv 1:27distress comes upon him?
10 “Will he take AJob 22:26, 27; Ps 37:4; Is 58:14delight in the Almighty?
Will he call on God at all times?
11 “I will instruct you in the 1Lit handpower of God;
What is with the Almighty I will not conceal.
12 “Behold, all of you have seen it;
Why then do you 1Or speak vanityact foolishly?
13 “This is AJob 20:29the portion of a wicked man from God,
And the inheritance which BJob 15:20tyrants receive from the Almighty.
14 “Though his sons are many, 1Lit the sword is for themthey are destined AJob 15:22; 18:19for the sword;
And his BJob 20:10descendants will not be satisfied with bread.
15 “His survivors will be buried because of the plague,
And 1So ancient versions; Heb histheir APs 78:64widows will not be able to weep.
16 “Though he piles up silver like dust
And prepares garments as plentiful as the clay,
And the innocent will divide the silver.
Or as a hut which the watchman has made.
19 “He lies down rich, but never 1So ancient versions; Heb will be gatheredagain;
He opens his eyes, and AJob 7:8, 21; 20:7it is no longer.
20 “AJob 15:21Terrors overtake him like a flood;
A tempest steals him away BJob 20:8; 34:20in the night.
21 “The east AJob 21:18wind carries him away, and he is gone,
For it whirls him BJob 7:10away from his place.
22 “For it will hurl at him AJer 13:14; Ezek 5:11; 24:14without sparing;
He will surely try to BJob 11:20flee from its 1Lit handpower.
23 “Men will clap their hands at him
And will AJob 18:18; 20:8hiss him from his place.
127:1 Or again took up
127:3 Lit breath
227:3 Or spirit
127:7 Lit he who rises up against me
127:8 Or though he gains
227:8 Lit soul
A27:9 Job 35:12, 13; Ps 18:41; Prov 1:28; Is 1:15; Jer 14:12; Mic 3:4
A27:10 Job 22:26, 27; Ps 37:4; Is 58:14
127:11 Lit hand
127:12 Or speak vanity
127:14 Lit the sword is for them
127:15 So ancient versions; Heb his
127:18 So ancient versions; Heb moth
127:19 So ancient versions; Heb will be gathered
A27:22 Jer 13:14; Ezek 5:11; 24:14
127:22 Lit hand