Job


27:1
 Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,


27:2
 As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul;


27:3
 All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;


27:4
 My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.


27:5
 God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me.


27:6
 My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.


27:7
 Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.


27:8
 For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?


27:9
 Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him?


27:10
 Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God?


27:11
 I will teach you by the hand of God: that which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.


27:12
 Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye thus altogether vain?


27:13
 This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty.


27:14
 If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.


27:15
 Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep.


27:16
 Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;


27:17
 He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.


27:18
 He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh.


27:19
 The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not.


27:20
 Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.


27:21
 The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storm hurleth him out of his place.


27:22
 For God shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.


27:23
 Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.