Job 27

 ¹Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,

 ²As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul;

 ³All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;

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

 ⁵God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me.

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

 ⁷Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.

 ⁸For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?

 ⁹Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him?

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

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

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

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

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

 ¹⁵Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep.

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

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

 ¹⁸He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh.

 ¹⁹The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not.

 ²⁰Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.

 ²¹The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storm hurleth him out of his place.

 ²²For God shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.

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