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my lips will not speak unjustly,
and my tongue will not utter deceit.
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6 and my tongue will not utter deceit.
I will cling to my righteousness and never let it go.
My conscience(E) will not accuse me as long as I live!
My conscience(E) will not accuse me as long as I live!
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May my enemy be like the wicked
and my opponent like the unjust.
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9 and my opponent like the unjust.
Will God hear his cry
when distress comes on him?
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12 when distress comes on him?
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Even if his children increase, they are destined for the sword;
his descendants will never have enough food.
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16 his descendants will never have enough food.
Though he piles up silver like dust
and heaps up a wardrobe like clay—
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19 and heaps up a wardrobe like clay—
He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more;
when he opens his eyes, it is gone.
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21 when he opens his eyes, it is gone.
An east wind picks him up, and he is gone;
it carries him away from his place.
22 it carries him away from his place.
It blasts at him without mercy,
while he flees desperately from its grasp.
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while he flees desperately from its grasp.
Footnotes:
a.
Job 27:5: Lit will not remove my integrity from me
b.
Job 27:11: Lit what is with the Almighty