27:1 And Job took up his discourse again:
27:2 “As surely as God lives,
the Almighty, who has made my life bitter
27:3 for while
and the breath from God is in my nostrils,
27:4 my
and my tongue will whisper
27:5 I will never
until I die, I will not set aside my integrity!
27:6 I will maintain my righteousness
and never let it go;
my conscience
for as long as I live.
27:7 “May my enemy be like the wicked,
my adversary
27:8 For what hope does the godless have when he is cut off,
when God takes away his life?
27:9 Does God listen to his cry
when distress overtakes him?
27:10 Will he find delight
Will he call out to God at all times?
27:11 I will teach you
What is on the Almighty’s mind
27:12 If you yourselves have all seen this,
Why in the world
27:13 This is the portion of the wicked man
allotted by God,
the inheritance that evildoers receive
from the Almighty.
27:14 If his children increase – it is for the sword!
His offspring never have enough to eat.
27:15 Those who survive him are buried by the plague,
and their
27:16 If he piles up silver like dust
and stores up clothing like mounds of clay,
27:17 what he stores up
and an innocent man will inherit his silver.
27:18 The house he builds is as fragile as a moth’s cocoon,
like a hut
27:19 He goes to bed wealthy, but will do so no more.
When he opens his eyes, it is all gone.
27:20 Terrors overwhelm him like a flood;
at night a whirlwind carries him off.
27:21 The east wind carries him away, and he is gone;
it sweeps him out of his place.
27:22 It hurls itself against him without pity
as he flees headlong from its power.
27:23 It claps
and hisses him away from his place.