JPS - Job - 27

27:1  And Job again took up his parable, and said:

27:2  As G-d liveth, who hath taken away my right; and the Almighty, who hath dealt bitterly with me;

27:3  All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of G-d is in my nostrils,

27:4  Surely my lips shall not speak unrighteousness, neither shall my tongue utter deceit;

27:5  Far be it from me that I should justify you; till I die I will not put away mine integrity from me.

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

27:7  Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and let him that riseth up against me be as the unrighteous.

27:8  For what is the hope of the godless, though he get him gain, when G-d taketh away his soul?

27:9  Will G-d hear his cry, when trouble cometh upon him?

27:10  Will he have his delight in the Almighty, and call upon G-d at all times?

27:11  I will teach you concerning the hand of G-d; that which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.

27:12  Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye become altogether vain?

27:13  This is the portion of a wicked man with G-d, and the heritage of oppressors, which they receive from the Almighty.

27:14  If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword; and his offspring shall not have bread enough.

27:15  Those that remain of him shall be buried by pestilence, and his widows shall make no lamentation.

27:16  Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;

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

27:18  He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth which the keeper maketh.

27:19  He lieth down rich, but there shall be not to gather; he openeth his eyes, and his wealth is not.

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

27:21  The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth; and it sweepeth him out of his place.

27:22  Yea, it hurleth at him, and spareth not; he would fain flee from its power.

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