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Job 27
1 Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,
2 As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty,
who hath vexed my soul;
3 All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my
nostrils;
4 My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.
5 God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not
remove mine integrity from me.
6 My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart
shall not reproach me so long as I live.
7 Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me
as the unrighteous.
8 For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained,
when God taketh away his soul?
9 Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him?
10 Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call
upon God?
11 I will teach you by the hand of God: that which is with the
Almighty will I not conceal.
12 Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye thus
altogether vain?
13 This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage
of oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty.
14 If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his
offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
15 Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his
widows shall not weep.
16 Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the
clay;
17 He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the
innocent shall divide the silver.
18 He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper
maketh.
19 The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he
openeth his eyes, and he is not.
20 Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away
in the night.
21 The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a
storm hurleth him out of his place.
22 For God shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee
out of his hand.
23 Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his
place.
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