Job 27
1 Job continued his discourse:
2 “As God lives, who has denied me justice, and the Almighty, who has made my life bitter,
3 as long as my breath is still in me and the breath of God is in my nostrils,
4 my lips will not speak injustice, and my tongue will not utter deceit.
5 Far be it from me to agree with you! Until I die, I will not give up my integrity.
6 I have held fast to my righteousness and will not let it go; my heart does not reproach me for any of my days.
7 May my enemy be like the wicked, and my opponent like the unjust.
8 For what hope does the godless have when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?
9 Will God hear his cry when trouble comes upon him?
10 Will he delight in the Almighty and call on God at all times?
11 I will teach you about the hand of God; I will not hide what is with the Almighty.
12 Look, all of you have seen it. So why do you indulge in empty talk?”
13 “This is the portion God gives the wicked, the inheritance that tyrants receive from the Almighty:
14 If his children become many, they are destined for the sword, and his descendants will not have enough bread.
15 Those who survive him will be buried by death, and his widows will not weep.
16 He may pile up silver like dust and prepare clothes in heaps like clay.
17 He prepares them, but the righteous will wear them; the innocent will divide the silver.
18 He builds his house like a moth’s cocoon, like a shelter made by a watchman.
19 He lies down rich, but will not be gathered in; he opens his eyes, and he is gone.
20 Terrors overtake him like waters; at night a tempest sweeps him away.
21 The east wind lifts him up, and he is gone; it sweeps him from his place.
22 It hurls itself at him without pity; he tries to flee from its hand as best he can.
23 People clap their hands at him and hiss at him from his place.”
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