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27:1  And Job again took up his parable, and said,
27:2  As God liveth, who hath taken away my right, And the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul:
27:3  (For my life is yet whole in me, And the spirit of God 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 God taketh away his soul?
27:9  Will God hear his cry, When trouble cometh upon him?
27:10  Will he delight himself in the Almighty, And call upon God at all times?
27:11  I will teach you concerning the hand of God; 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 God, 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 be satisfied with bread.
27:15  Those that remain of him shall be buried in death, 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 the moth, And as a booth which the keeper maketh.
27:19  He lieth down rich, but he shall not be gathered to his fathers ; He openeth his eyes, and he 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  For God'shall hurl at him, and not spare: He would fain flee out of his hand.
27:23  Men shall clap their hands at him, And shall hiss him out of his place.