27:1 And Job again took up his discourse, and said: |
27:2 "As God lives, who has taken away my right, and the Almighty, who 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 will not speak falsehood, and my tongue will not utter deceit. |
27:5 Far be it from me to say that you are right; till I die I will not put away my integrity from me. |
27:6 I hold fast my righteousness, and will not let it go; my heart does not reproach me for any of my days. |
27:7 "Let my enemy be as the wicked, and let him that rises up against me be as the unrighteous. |
27:8 For what is the hope of the godless when God cuts him off, when God takes away his life? |
27:9 Will God hear his cry, when trouble comes upon him? |
27:10 Will he take delight in the Almighty? Will he call upon God at all times? |
27:11 I will teach you concerning the hand of God; what is with the Almighty I will not conceal. |
27:12 Behold, all of you have seen it yourselves; why then have you become altogether vain? |
27:13 "This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage which oppressors receive from the Almighty: |
27:14 If his children are multiplied, it is for the sword; and his offspring have not enough to eat. |
27:15 Those who survive him the pestilence buries, and their widows make no lamentation. |
27:16 Though he heap up silver like dust, and pile up clothing like clay; |
27:17 he may pile it up, but the just will wear it, and the innocent will divide the silver. |
27:18 The house which he builds is like a spider's web, like a booth which a watchman makes. |
27:19 He goes to bed rich, but will do so no more; he opens his eyes, and his wealth is gone. |
27:20 Terrors overtake him like a flood; in the night a whirlwind carries him off. |
27:21 The east wind lifts him up and he is gone; it sweeps him out of his place. |
27:22 It hurls at him without pity; he flees from its power in headlong flight. |
27:23 It claps its hands at him, and hisses at him from its place. |