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I will maintain my righteousness, and not let it go;
my conscience will not reproach me for any of my days.

“May my enemy be like the wicked
    my enemy like the unrighteous.
For what hope has the godless,
    when he is cut off,
    when God takes his soul?[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Job 27:8 cf. Acts 23:1; Rom. 2:15.

I will maintain my innocence(A) and never let go of it;
    my conscience(B) will not reproach me as long as I live.(C)

“May my enemy be like the wicked,(D)
    my adversary(E) like the unjust!
For what hope have the godless(F) when they are cut off,
    when God takes away their life?(G)

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