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27:1  And Job continued his parable and said,
27:2  As �God liveth, who hath taken away my right, and the Almighty, who hath embittered my soul,
27:3  All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of +God is in my nostrils,
27:4  My lips shall not speak unrighteousness, nor my tongue utter deceit!
27:5  Be it far from me that I should justify you; till I die I will not remove my blamelessness from me.
27:6  My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart reproacheth me not one of my days.
27:7  Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.
27:8  For what is the hope of the ungodly, when God cutteth him off, when +God taketh away his soul?
27:9  Will �God hear his cry when distress cometh upon him?
27:10  Doth he delight himself in the Almighty? will he at all times call upon +God?
27:11  I will teach you concerning the hand of �God; what is with the Almighty will I not conceal.
27:12  Behold, ye yourselves have all seen it; and why are ye thus altogether vain?
27:13  This is the portion of the wicked man with �God, and the heritage of the violent, 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 by death, and his widows shall not weep.
27:16  Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare clothing 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 that a keeper maketh.
27:19  He lieth down rich, but will do so no more; he openeth his eyes, and he is not.
27:20  Terrors overtake him like waters; a whirlwind stealeth him away in the night.
27:21  The east wind carrieth him away and he is gone; and as a storm it hurleth him out of his place.
27:22  And God shall cast upon 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.