1. Then Job again took up his discourse and said,
2. “As God lives, he has removed my justice, and Shaddai has made my inner self bitter.
3. For as long as my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nose,
4. my lips surely will not speak falseness, and my tongue surely will not utter deceit.
5. Far be it from me that I would say that you are right; until I pass away, I will not put away from me my blamelessness.
6. I hold fast to my righteousness, and I will not let it go; my heart will not blame any of my days.
7. “Let my enemy be like the wicked and my opponent like the unrighteous,
8. for what is the hope of the godless when he cuts them off, when God takes away his life?
9. Will God hear his cry of distress when distress comes upon him?