1. And Job again took up his parable, and said,
2. As God liveth, who hath taken away my right, And the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul:
3. (For my life is yet whole in me, And the spirit of God is in my nostrils);
4. Surely my lips shall not speak unrighteousness, Neither shall my tongue utter deceit.
5. Far be it from me that I should justify you: Till I die I will not put away mine integrity from me.
6. My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: My heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.
7. Let mine enemy be as the wicked, And let him that riseth up against me be as the unrighteous.
8. For what is the hope of the godless, though he get him gain, When God taketh away his soul?