Chapter 27
1 Job again took up his parable , and said,
2 " As God lives , who has taken away my right , the Almighty , who has made my soul bitter
3 ( for the length of my life is still in me , and the spirit of God is in my nostrils);
4 surely my lips will not speak unrighteousness , neither will my tongue utter deceit .
5 Far be it from me that I should justify you . Until I die I will not put away my integrity from me .
6 I hold fast to my righteousness , and will not let it go . My heart will not reproach me so long as I live .
7 " Let my enemy be as the wicked . Let him who rises up against me be as the unrighteous .
8 For what is the hope of the godless , when he is cut off , when God takes away his life ?
9 Will God hear his cry when trouble comes on him ?
10 Will he delight himself in the Almighty , and call on God at all times ?
11 I will teach you about the hand of God . I will not conceal that which is with the Almighty .
12 Behold , all of you have seen it yourselves ; why then have you become altogether vain ?
13 " This is the portion of a wicked man with God, the heritage of oppressors , which they receive from the Almighty .
14 If his children are multiplied , it is for the sword . His offspring will not be satisfied with bread .
15 Those who remain of him will be buried in death . His widows will make no lamentation .
16 Though he heap up silver as the dust , and prepare clothing as the clay ;
17 he may prepare it , but the just will put it on , and the innocent will divide the silver .
18 He builds his house as the moth , as a booth which the watchman makes .
19 He lies down rich , but he will not do so again. He opens his eyes , and he is not .
20 Terrors overtake him like waters . A storm steals him away in the night .
21 The east wind carries him away , and he departs. It sweeps him out of his place .
22 For it hurls at him , and does not spare , as he flees away from his hand .
23 Men will clap their hands at him , and will hiss him out of his place .