Job 27

1 Moreover, Job continued his parable and said, 2 As God lives, [who] has taken away my rights; and the Almighty, [who] has made my soul bitter, 3 that all the while my breath [is] in me, and the spirit of God [is] in my nostrils, 4 my lips shall not speak iniquity, nor my tongue utter deceit. 5 In no wise should I justify you; until I die I will not remove my integrity from me. 6 I hold fast to my righteousness and will not let it go; my heart shall not reproach [me] so long as I live. 7 Let my enemy be as the wicked and my adversary as the unrighteous. 8 For what [is] the hope of the hypocrite, though he has stolen much, when God takes away his soul? 9 Will God hear his cry when the tribulation comes upon him? 10 Will he delight himself in the Almighty? Will he always call upon God? 11 I will teach you [what there is] in the hand of God; I will not conceal that which [is] regarding the Almighty. 12 Behold, all ye yourselves have seen [it]; why then are ye so completely vain? 13 This [is] the portion of a wicked man with God and the heritage of the violent, [which] they shall receive of the Almighty. 14 If their sons are multiplied, [it is] for the sword; and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread. 15 Those that remain of him shall be buried in death; and their widows shall not weep. 16 Though he heaps up silver as the dust and prepares raiment as the clay, 17 he may prepare [it], but the just shall put [it] on, and the innocent shall divide the silver. 18 He built his house as a moth and as a booth [that] the keeper makes. 19 The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered; he shall open his eyes and not see anyone. 20 Terrors shall take hold on him as waters; a whirlwind shall carry him away in the night. 21 The east wind shall take him away, and he shall depart; the storm shall catch him up out of his place. 22 For [God] shall cast down on him and not spare; he would attempt to flee out of his hand. 23 [Men] shall clap their hands at him, and from his place they shall hiss at him.: