Chapter 27 Moreover job continued his discourse and Said As God Lives who has taken away my Justice And the almighty who has made my soul Bitter As long as my breath is in me and the Breath of God in my nostrils My lips will not speak wickedness nor my Tongue utter deceit Far be it from me that I should say you Are right Till I die I will not put away my Integrity from me My righteousness I hold fast and will Not let it go My heart shall not reproach me as long As I live May my enemy be like the wicked and he Who Rises up against me like the Unrighteous For what is the hope of the hypocrite Though he may gain much if God takes Away his life Will God hear his cry when Trouble Comes Upon him Will he Delight himself in the Almighty Will he always call on God I will teach you about the hand of God What is with the Almighty I will not Conceal Surely all of you have seen it Why then do you behave with complete
Nonsense This is the portion of a wicked man with God And the heritage of oppressors received From the Almighty If his children are multiplied it is for The sword And his offspring shall not be satisfied With bread Those who survive him shall be buried in Death and their widows shall not weep Though he heaps up silver like dust and Piles up clothing like clay He may pile it up but the just will wear It and the innocent will divide the Silver He builds his house like a moth like a Booth which a Watchman makes The rich man will lie down but not be Gathered up He opens his eyes and he is no more Terrors overtake him like a flood A tempest steals him away in the night The East Wind carries him away and he is Gone It sweeps him out of his place It hurls against him and does not spare He flees desperately from its power Men shall clap their hands at him and Shall hiss him out of his place