1-2. I swear by the living Almighty God,who refuses me justice and makes my life bitter —
3. as long as God gives me breath,
4. my lips will never say anything evil,my tongue will never tell a lie.
5. I will never say that you men are right;I will insist on my innocence to my dying day.
6. I will never give up my claim to be right;my conscience is clear.
7. May all who oppose me and fight against mebe punished like the wicked and the unrighteous.