LITV - Job - 27

27:1  And Job continued the uplifting of his discourse, and said:

27:2  As God lives, He has taken away my judgment; yea, the Almighty has made my soul bitter.

27:3  As long as my breath is in me, and the spirit 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 justify you. Until I die, I shall not retract my integrity from me.

27:6  I hold fast by my righteousness, and I will not abandon it; my heart shall not shame me any of my days.

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

27:8  For what is the hope of the ungodly when He cuts off, when God pulls out his soul?

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

27:10  Will he delight in the Almighty? Will he call on God at every time?

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; when then do you become vain with this vanity?

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

27:14  If his sons become numerous, the sword is for them; and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.

27:15  Those remaining of him shall be buried in death, and his widows shall not weep.

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

27:17  he may prepare, but 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 he shall not be gathered; he opens his eyes, and he is not.

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

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

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

27:23  He shall clap His hands at him, and shall hiss him from his place.