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27:1  Job continued to speak. He said,
27:2  “God hasn’t treated me fairly. The Mighty One has made my life bitter. You can be sure that God lives. And here’s something else you can be sure of.
27:3  As long as I have life and God gives me breath,
27:4  my mouth won’t say evil things. My lips won’t tell lies.
27:5  I’ll never admit you people are right. Until I die, I’ll say I’m telling the truth.
27:6  I’ll continue to say I’m right. I’ll never let go of that. I won’t blame myself as long as I live.
27:7  “May my enemies suffer like sinful people! May my attackers be punished like those who aren’t fair!
27:8  What hope do ungodly people have when their lives are cut short? What hope do they have when God takes away their lives?
27:9  God won’t listen to their cry when trouble comes on them.
27:10  They won’t take delight in the Mighty One. They’ll never call out to God.
27:11  “I’ll teach all of you about God’s power. I won’t hide the things the Mighty One does.
27:12  You have seen those things yourselves. So why do you continue your useless talk?
27:13  “Here’s what God does to sinful people. Here’s what those who are mean receive from the Mighty One.
27:14  All their children will be killed by swords. They’ll never have enough to eat.
27:15  A plague will kill those who are left alive. The widows of sinful men won’t even weep over their own children.
27:16  Sinners might store up silver like dust and clothes like piles of clay.
27:17  But people who do what is right will wear those clothes. People who haven’t done anything wrong will divide up that silver.
27:18  The house an evil person builds is like a moth’s cocoon. It’s like a hut that’s made by someone on guard duty.
27:19  Sinful people lie down wealthy, but their wealth is taken away. When they open their eyes, everything is gone.
27:20  Terrors sweep over them like a flood. A storm takes them away during the night.
27:21  The east wind carries them off, and they are gone. It sweeps them out of their houses.
27:22  It blows against them without mercy. They try to escape from its power.
27:23  It claps its hands and makes fun of them. It hisses them out of their houses.”