27Job continued speaking.H347H3254H5375H4912H5592I vow by the living God, who has taken away my rights, by the Almighty who has embittered my soul—H410H2416H5493H4941H7706H4843H53153As long as I live, while I have breath from God,H5750H5397H7307H433H6394my lips will speak no evil, and my tongue will speak no lies.H8193H1696H5766H3956H1897H74235I will never concede that you are right; I will defend my integrity until I die.H2486H6663H1478H5493H85386I will maintain my innocence without wavering. My conscience is clear for as long as I live.H6666H2388H7503H3824H2778H31177"May my enemy be punished like the wicked, my adversary like those who do evil.H341H7563H6965H57678For what hope do the godless have when God cuts them off and takes away their life?H8615H2611H1214H433H7953H53159Will God listen to their cry when trouble comes upon them?H410H8085H6818H6869H93510Can they take delight in the Almighty? Can they call to God at any time?H6026H7706H6256H7121H43311I will teach you about God's power. I will not conceal anything concerning the Almighty.H3384H3027H410H7706H358212But you have seen all this, yet you say all these useless things to me.H2372H1892H189113"This is what the wicked will receive from God; this is their inheritance from the Almighty.H2506H7563H120H410H5159H6184H3947H770614They may have many children, but the children will die in war or starve to death.H1121H7235H3926H2719H6631H7646H389915Those who survive will die of a plague, and not even their widows will mourn them.H8300H6912H4194H490H105816"Evil people may have piles of money and may store away mounds of clothing.H6651H3701H6083H3559H4403H256317But the righteous will wear that clothing, and the innocent will divide that money.H3559H6662H3847H5355H2505H370118The wicked build houses as fragile as a spider's web, as flimsy as a shelter made of branches.H1129H1004H6211H5521H5341H621319The wicked go to bed rich but wake to find that all their wealth is gone.H6223H7901H622H6491H586920Terror overwhelms them like a flood, and they are blown away in the storms of the night.H1091H5381H4325H5492H1589H391521The east wind carries them away, and they are gone. It sweeps them away.H6921H5375H3212H8175H472522It whirls down on them without mercy. They struggle to flee from its power.H7993H2550H1272H1272H302723But everyone jeers at them and mocks them.H5606H3709H8319H4725
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