Job 27
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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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