[1] And Job continued speaking: [2] "As surely as God lives, he has taken away my rights. God All-Powerful has made me unhappy. [3] As long as I am alive and God's breath of life is in my nose, [4] My lips will not speak evil. And my tongue will not tell a lie. [5] I will never agree you are right. Until I die, I will never stop saying I was innocent. [6] I will hold tightly to the right things I said. My sense of right and wrong does not bother me at all. [7] "Let my enemies be like evil people. Let them be like those who are not fair! [8] What hope does a wicked person have when he dies? He has no hope when God takes his life away. [9] God will not listen to his cry when trouble comes to him. [10] He will not find joy in God All-Powerful, even though he calls out to God all the time. [11] "I will teach you about the power of God. I will not hide the ways of God All-Powerful. [12] You have all seen this yourselves. So why are we having all this talk that means nothing? [13] "Here is what God has planned for evil people. This is what cruel people will get from God All-Powerful: [14] They may have many children, but the sword will kill them. The children who are left will never have enough to eat. [15] Then they will die and be buried. And the widows will not even cry for them. [16] The evil person may heap up silver like piles of dirt. He may have so many clothes they are like piles of clay. [17] But good people will wear what the evil person has gathered. And those who are not guilty of wrong will divide up his silver. [18] The house the evil person builds is like a spider's web. It is like a hut that a guard builds. [19] The evil person is rich when he goes to bed, but he is rich for the last time. When he opens his eyes, everything is gone. [20] Fears come over him like a flood. A storm snatches him away in the night. [21] The east wind will carry him away, and then he is gone. It sweeps him out of his place. [22] The wind will hit the evil person without mercy as he tries to run away from its power. [23] It will be as if the wind is clapping its hands at him. It will whistle at him as he runs from his place.
