New Living Translation

1 Job continued speaking: 2 “I vow by the living God (Elohim), who has taken away my rights,<br>by the Almighty who has embittered my soul —<br> 3 As long as I live,<br>while I have breath from God (Elohim),<br> 4 my lips will speak no evil,<br>and my tongue will speak no lies.<br> 5 I will never concede that you are right;<br>I will defend my integrity until I die.<br> 6 I will maintain my innocence without wavering.<br>My conscience is clear for as long as I live.<br> 7 “May my enemy be punished like the wicked,<br>my adversary like those who do evil.<br> 8 For what hope do the godless have when God (Elohim) cuts them off<br>and takes away their life?<br> 9 Will God (Elohim) listen to their cry<br>when trouble comes upon them?<br> 10 Can they take delight in the Almighty?<br>Can they call to God (Elohim) at any time?<br> 11 I will teach you about God (Elohim)’s power.<br>I will not conceal anything concerning the Almighty.<br> 12 But you have seen all this,<br>yet you say all these useless things to me.<br> 13 “This is what the wicked will receive from God (Elohim);<br>this is their inheritance from the Almighty.<br> 14 They may have many children,<br>but the children will die in war or starve to death.<br> 15 Those who survive will die of a plague,<br>and not even their widows will mourn them.<br> 16 “Evil people may have piles of money<br>and may store away mounds of clothing.<br> 17 But the righteous will wear that clothing,<br>and the innocent will divide that money.<br> 18 The wicked build houses as fragile as a spider’s web,<br>as flimsy as a shelter made of branches.<br> 19 The wicked go to bed rich<br>but wake to find that all their wealth is gone.<br> 20 Terror overwhelms them like a flood,<br>and they are blown away in the storms of the night.<br> 21 The east wind carries them away, and they are gone.<br>It sweeps them away.<br> 22 It whirls down on them without mercy.<br>They struggle to flee from its power.<br> 23 But everyone jeers at them<br>and mocks them.<br>