Job 27

And Job continued to take up his discourse, and he said, 2 “{As} God lives, {who} has taken away my justice, the Almighty, {who} has made my life bitter, 3 that, any of my life still {being} in me, and breath from God {being} in my nose, \* 4 if my lips speak wickedness, or my tongue, if it utters deceit! 5 Sacrilege to me if I justify you! Until I expire, I will not turn my integrity away from me. \* 6 I grasp my righteousness and I will not let it go; my heart will not reproach {me} from my days. 7 May my enemy be like the wicked, and the one rising up against me like the unrighteous! \* 8 For what {is} the hope of the godless when he cuts {him} off, when God takes away his life? 9 Will God hear his cry when trouble comes upon him? 10 If he will delight himself in the Almighty? Will he call {to} God in every time? \* 11 I will teach you about the hand of God; what {is} with the Almighty I will not conceal. 12 Behold, you have seen {this} yourselves, all of you; why then do you vainly speak this vanity? \* 13 This {is} the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, they receive {it} from the Almighty: 14 If his children multiply, {it is} for the sword, and his offspring will not have enough bread. \* 15 His survivor will be buried in death, and his widows will not lament. 16 If he heaps up silver like the dust and he piles up clothing like clay mounds, 17 he piles up, but the righteous clothes himself and the innocent receives silver. \* 18 He builds his house as a moth {does}, and like a hut {that} a guard makes. 19 He lies down rich, but he does not continue; he opens his eyes and there is not to him. \* 20 Terrors overwhelm him like waters; a storm carries him away in the night. 21 The east wind takes him away, and he leaves; indeed, it blasts him from his place. \* 22 And it hurls {itself} upon him and does not pity; fleeing, he flees from its hand. 23 It claps its hands at him and hisses at him from his place. \*