AFV2020 - Job - 27

27:1  And Job continued his speech, and said,

27:2  "As God lives, He has denied me justice; and the Almighty has made my soul bitter.

27:3  As long as my breath is in me, and the breath of God is in my nostrils,

27:4  My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.

27:5  Far be it from me that I should declare you to be right; until I die I will not retract my integrity from me.

27:6  I hold fast my righteousness, and I will not let it go; my heart shall not shame me so long as I live.

27:7  Let my enemy be like the wicked, and he who rises up against me as the unrighteous.

27:8  For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he has gained much, when God takes away his life?

27:9  Will God hear his cry when trouble comes upon him?

27:10  Will he delight himself in the Almighty? Will he always call upon God?

27:11  I will teach you by the hand of God; that which is with the Almighty I will not hide.

27:12  Behold, all of you have seen it yourselves; indeed why then do you become completely vain?

27:13  This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the inheritance of oppressors which they shall receive from the Almighty.

27:14  If his children are multiplied, the sword is for them; and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.

27:15  Those who survive of him shall be buried by pestilence; and his widows shall not weep.

27:16  Though he heaps up silver like the dust, and prepares clothing like the clay,

27:17  While he may prepare, the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.

27:18  He builds his house like a moth, and like a booth that a watchman makes.

27:19  The rich man shall lie down, but shall not be gathered. He opens his eyes, and his wealth is not.

27:20  Terrors overtake him like flooding waters; a tempest steals him away in the night.

27:21  The east wind carries him up, and he is gone; for it sweeps him out of his place.

27:22  For it will hurl at him, and will not spare; he will surely try to flee from its power.

27:23  Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place."