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    On the contrary, I’ll assert my innocence and never let it go;
        my heart will not mock my past or my future.

    May my enemy be counted as the wicked
        and my adversary as the unjust.
    For what hope does he who is sullied and impure have
        once God lops him off from life and requires his soul?

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Mi justicia tengo asida, y no la cederé: No me reprochará mi corazón en el tiempo de mi vida.

Sea como el impío mi enemigo, Y como el inicuo mi adversario.

Porque ¿cuál es la esperanza del hipócrita, por mucho que hubiere robado, Cuando Dios arrebatare su alma?

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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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My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.

Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.

For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?

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My righteousness I (A)hold fast, and will not let it go;
(B)My heart shall not [a]reproach me as long as I live.

“May my enemy be like the wicked,
And he who rises up against me like the unrighteous.
(C)For what is the hope of the hypocrite,
Though he may gain much,
If God takes away his life?

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Footnotes

  1. Job 27:6 reprove