“"I hold fast my righteousness and will not let it go." That means, I will not surrender, nor will the perseverance and resolution of my soul yield, but I will patiently and bravely bear my calamity.”
Ephrem the Syrian, 4th c. — COMMENTARY ON JOB 27:6
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6My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.
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4My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.
5God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me.
— Job 27:6 —
7Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.
8For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?