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27:1  After a pause, Job began to present this discourse:
27:2  As God lives, he has deprived me of justice. The Almighty has made my life bitter.
27:3  Yes, as long as the breath of life is still in me, as long as the breath from God is still in my nostrils,
27:4  my lips will not speak wickedness, and my tongue will not murmur deception.
27:5  May I be cursed if I ever admit you are right. Until I die, I will never deny my integrity.
27:6  I have held tight to my righteousness, and I will not let it go. My conscience will not accuse me as long as I live.
27:7  May my enemy be like the wicked. May the one who rises up against me be like the unjust.
27:8  For what hope is there for a godless person when God cuts him off, when God takes away his life?
27:9  Will God hear his cry when distress 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 about the hand of God. I will not hide what the Almighty is doing.
27:12  Listen, all of you have observed this. So why do you continue to spew forth such worthless vapor?
27:13  This is the allotment a wicked man receives from God, the inheritance that tyrants receive from the Almighty:
27:14  Although his children are many, they are sent to the sword. His offspring will not be satisfied with bread.
27:15  Those who survive will be buried by a plague. They will be buried, and their widows will not weep.
27:16  Though the wicked man piles up silver like dust, and he accumulates clothing like mounds of clay,
27:17  the righteous will wear what he accumulated, and the innocent will divide his silver.
27:18  He has built a house, but it will be like a moth’s cocoon, like a shack that a watchman has put up.
27:19  He goes to bed as a rich man, but his wealth does not remain. He opens his eyes, and it is all gone.
27:20  Terrors sweep over him like floodwaters. At night, a strong wind carries him away.
27:21  The east wind lifts him up, and off he goes. It blows him away from his place.
27:22  It hurls itself at him, and it does not spare him. He flees from its power as fast as he can.
27:23  It mockingly claps its hands at him and drives him from his place with hissing.