For {as long as} my breath [is] in me, and the spirit of God [is] in my nose,

for what [is the] hope of [the] godless when he cuts [them] off, when God takes away his life?

"{As God lives}, he has removed my justice, and Shaddai has made my inner self bitter.

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.

"This [is the] portion of [the] wicked human being with God, and they receive from Shaddai [the] inheritance of [the] ruthless.

Then Job again took up his discourse and said,

"He builds his house like the moth, and like a booth [that] a watchman has made.

Or, in Shaddai will he find delight? Will he call upon God at all times?

I hold fast to my righteousness, and I will not let it go; my heart will not blame [any] of my days.

[The] east wind lifts him up, and he is gone, and it sweeps him away from his place.

If he heaps up silver like the dust and fashions clothing like the clay,

It claps its hands over him, and it hisses at him from its place.

Terrors overtake him like the water; a storm wind carries him off [in the] night.

Will God hear his cry of distress when distress comes upon him?

Their survivors are buried through the plague, and their widows do not weep.

my lips surely will not speak falseness, and my tongue surely will not utter deceit.

He goes to bed [with] wealth, but {he will do so no more}; he opens his eyes, and {it is gone}.

And it hurls at him, and it has no compassion; he will quickly flee from its power.

If their children multiply, [it is] for [the] sword, and his offspring {do not have enough to eat}.

"I will teach you about God's hand; I will not conceal that [which is] with Shaddai.

he makes [it] ready, and [the] righteous will wear [it], and [the] innocent will divide [the] silver.

"Let my enemy be like [the] wicked and my opponent like [the] unrighteous,

Look, you all have seen, and {why in the world} {have you become altogether vain}?