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27:1  And Job again took up his discourse, and said:
27:2  “As God lives, who has taken away my right, and the Almighty, who has made my soul bitter,
27:3  as long as my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils,
27:4  my lips will not speak falsehood, and my tongue will not utter deceit.
27:5  Far be it from me to say that you are right; till I die I will not put away my integrity from me.
27:6  I hold fast my righteousness and will not let it go; my heart does not reproach me for any of my days.
27:7  “Let my enemy be as the wicked, and let him who rises up against me be as the unrighteous.
27:8  For what is the hope of the godless 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 concerning the hand of God; what is with the Almighty I will not conceal.
27:12  Behold, all of you have seen it yourselves; why then have you become altogether vain?
27:13  “This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage that oppressors receive from the Almighty:
27:14  If his children are multiplied, it is for the sword, and his descendants have not enough bread.
27:15  Those who survive him the pestilence buries, and his widows do not weep.
27:16  Though he heap up silver like dust, and pile up clothing like clay,
27:17  he may pile it up, but the righteous will wear it, and the innocent will divide the silver.
27:18  He builds his house like a moth’s, like a booth that a watchman makes.
27:19  He goes to bed rich, but will do so no more; he opens his eyes, and his wealth is gone.
27:20  Terrors overtake him like a flood; in the night a whirlwind carries him off.
27:21  The east wind lifts him up and he is gone; it sweeps him out of his place.
27:22  It hurls at him without pity; he flees from its power in headlong flight.
27:23  It claps its hands at him and hisses at him from its place.