Job 27
- Moreover Job continued his discourse, and said:
- “As God lives, who has taken away my justice, And the Almighty, who has made my soul bitter,
- As long as my breath is in me, And the breath of God in my nostrils,
- My lips will not speak wickedness, Nor my tongue utter deceit.
- Far be it from me That I should say you are right; Till I die I will not put away my integrity from me.
- My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go; My heart shall not reproach me as long as I live.
- “May my enemy be like the wicked, And he who rises up against me like the unrighteous.
- For what is the hope of the hypocrite, Though he may gain much, If God takes away his life?
- Will God hear his cry When trouble comes upon him?
- Will he delight himself in the Almighty? Will he always call on God?
- “I will teach you about the hand of God; What is with the Almighty I will not conceal.
- Surely all of you have seen it; Why then do you behave with complete nonsense?
- “This is the portion of a wicked man with God, And the heritage of oppressors, received from the Almighty:
- If his children are multiplied, it is for the sword; And his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
- Those who survive him shall be buried in death, And their widows shall not weep,
- Though he heaps up silver like dust, And piles up clothing like clay––
- He may pile it up, but the just will wear it, And the innocent will divide the silver.
- He builds his house like a moth, Like a booth which a watchman makes.
- The rich man will lie down, But not be gathered up; He opens his eyes, And he is no more.
- Terrors overtake him like a flood; A tempest steals him away in the night.
- The east wind carries him away, and he is gone; It sweeps him out of his place.
- It hurls against him and does not spare; He flees desperately from its power.
- Men shall clap their hands at him, And shall hiss him out of his place.