5. Far be it from me to say that you are just; until I die, I will not set aside my integrity!
6. I will maintain my righteousness, and not let it go; my conscience will not reproach me for any of my days.
7. “May my enemy be like the wicked my enemy like the unrighteous.
8. For what hope has the godless, when he is cut off, when God takes his soul?
9. Will God hear his cry when trouble comes upon him?
10. Will he delight in Shaddai? Will he call upon God at all times?
11. I will teach you about the hand of God; I will not conceal the ways of Shaddai.
12. Look, you have all seen this yourselves. Why then this meaningless talk?
13. “This is the portion of a wicked man with God, the inheritance that ruthless men receive from Shaddai.
14. If his children increase— it is for the sword. His offspring will never have enough to eat.
15. Those who survive him will be buried by the plague, and their widows will not weep.
16. Though he piles up silver like dust, and clothing like heaps of mortar,