2 “As God lives, ^awho has taken away my justice,
And the Almighty, who has made my soul bitter, ‡

3 As long as my breath is in me,
And the breath of God in my nostrils,

5 Far be it from me
That I should say you are right;
Till I die ^aI will not put away my integrity from me. ‡

6 My righteousness I ^ahold fast, and will not let it go;
^bMy heart shall not¹ reproach me as long as I live. ‡