2. I am desperate becauseGod All-Powerful refusesto do what is right.As surely as God lives,
3. and while he gives me breath,
4. I will tell only the truth.
5. Until the day I die,I will refuse to do wrongby saying you are right,
6. because each day my conscienceagrees that I am innocent.
7. I pray that my enemieswill suffer no lessthan the wicked.
8. Such people are hopeless,and God All-Powerfulwill cut them down,
9. without listeningwhen they beg for mercy.
10. And that is what God should do,because they don't like himor ever pray.
11. Now I will explain in detailwhat God All-Powerful does.