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27:1  And Job continued speaking:
27:2  “As surely as God lives, who has taken away my rights, the Almighty, who has made me unhappy,
27:3  as long as I am alive and God’s breath of life is in my nose,
27:4  my lips will not speak evil, and my tongue will not tell a lie.
27:5  I will never agree you are right; until I die, I will never stop saying I am innocent.
27:6  I will insist that I am right; I will not back down. My conscience will never bother me.
27:7  “Let my enemies be like evil people, my foes like those who are wrong.
27:8  What hope do the wicked have when they die, when God takes their life away?
27:9  God will not listen to their cries when trouble comes to them.
27:10  They will not find joy in the Almighty, even though they call out to God all the time.
27:11  “I will teach you about the power of God and will not hide the ways of the Almighty.
27:12  You have all seen this yourselves. So why are we having all this talk that means nothing?
27:13  “Here is what God has planned for evil people, and what the Almighty will give to cruel people:
27:14  They may have many children, but the sword will kill them. Their children who are left will never have enough to eat.
27:15  Then they will die of disease and be buried, and the widows will not even cry for them.
27:16  The wicked may heap up silver like piles of dirt and have so many clothes they are like piles of clay.
27:17  But good people will wear what evil people have gathered, and the innocent will divide up their silver.
27:18  The houses the wicked build are like a spider’s web, like a hut that a guard builds.
27:19  The wicked are rich when they go to bed, but they are rich for the last time; when they open their eyes, everything is gone.
27:20  Fears come over them like a flood, and a storm snatches them away in the night.
27:21  The east wind will carry them away, and then they are gone, because it sweeps them out of their place.
27:22  The wind will hit them without mercy as they try to run away from its power.
27:23  It will be as if the wind is clapping its hands; it will whistle at them as they run from their place.