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27:1  Job continued his discourse and said,
27:2  “As God lives, who has taken away my right and denied me justice, And the Almighty, who has caused bitterness and grief for my soul,
27:3  As long as my life is within me, And the breath of God is [still] in my nostrils,
27:4  My lips will not speak unjustly, Nor will my tongue utter deceit.
27:5  “Far be it from me that I should admit you are right [in your accusations against me]; Until I die, I will not remove my integrity from me.
27:6  “I hold fast my uprightness and my right standing with God and I will not let them go; My heart does not reproach me for any of my days.
27:7  “May my enemy be as the wicked, And he who rises up against me be as the unrighteous (unjust).
27:8  “For what is the hope of the godless, even though he has gained [in this world], When God takes his life?
27:9  “Will God hear his cry When trouble and distress come upon him?
27:10  “Will he take delight in the Almighty? Will he call on God at all times?
27:11  “I will teach you regarding the hand (power) of God; I will not conceal what is with the Almighty [God’s actual treatment of the wicked].
27:12  “Behold, all of you have seen it; Why then do you act vainly and foolishly [cherishing worthless concepts]?
27:13  “This [which I am about to explain] is the portion of a wicked man from God, And the inheritance which tyrants and oppressors receive from the Almighty:
27:14  “Though his children are many, they are destined for the sword; And his descendants will not have sufficient bread.
27:15  “Those who survive him will be buried because of the plague, And [their] widows will not be able to weep.
27:16  “Though he heaps up silver like dust And piles up clothing like clay,
27:17  He may prepare it, but the just will wear it And the innocent will divide the silver.
27:18  “He builds his house like a spider’s web, Like a (temporary) hut which a watchman makes.
27:19  “He lies down rich, but never will again; He opens his eyes, and it is gone.
27:20  “Terrors overtake him like a [suddenly rising] flood; A windstorm steals him away in the night.
27:21  “The east wind lifts him up, and he is gone; It sweeps him out of his place.
27:22  “For it will hurl [thunderbolts of God’s wrath] at him unsparingly and without compassion; He flees in haste from its power.
27:23  “People will clap their hands at him [to mock and ridicule him] And hiss him out of his place.