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27:1  And Job again took up his parable, and said,
27:2  As God liveth, who hath taken away my right; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul;
27:3  (For my life is yet whole in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;)
27:4  Surely my lips shall not speak unrighteousness, neither shall my tongue utter deceit.
27:5  God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not put away mine integrity from me.
27:6  My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.
27:7  Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and let him that riseth up against me be as the unrighteous.
27:8  For what is the hope of the godless, though he get him gain, when God taketh away his soul?
27:9  Will God hear his cry, when trouble cometh upon him?
27:10  Will he delight himself in the Almighty, and call upon God at all times?
27:11  I will teach you concerning the hand of God; that which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.
27:12  Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye become altogether vain?
27:13  This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, 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 in death, and his widows shall make no lamentation.
27:16  Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment 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 which the keeper maketh.
27:19  He lieth down rich, but he shall not be gathered; he openeth his eyes, and he is not.
27:20  Terrors overtake him like waters; a tempest stealeth him away in the night.
27:21  The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth; and it sweepeth him out of his place.
27:22  For God shall hurl at 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.