27:1 And Job again took up his discourse, and said: 27:2 "As God lives, who has taken away my right, and the Almighty, who has made my soul bitter, 27:3 as long as my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils, 27:4 my lips will not speak falsehood, and my tongue will not utter deceit. 27:5 Far be it from me to say that you are right; till I die I will not put away my integrity from me. 27:6 I hold fast my righteousness and will not let it go; my heart does not reproach me for any of my days. 27:7 "Let my enemy be as the wicked, and let him who rises up against me be as the unrighteous. 27:8 For what is the hope of the godless when God cuts him off, when God takes away his life 27:9 Will God hear his cry when distress comes upon him 27:10 Will he take delight in the Almighty Will he call upon God at all times 27:11 I will teach you concerning the hand of God; what is with the Almighty I will not conceal. 27:12 Behold, all of you have seen it yourselves; why then have you become altogether vain 27:13 "This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage that oppressors receive from the Almighty: 27:14 If his children are multiplied, it is for the sword, and his descendants have not enough bread. 27:15 Those who survive him the pestilence buries, and his widows do not weep. 27:16 Though he heap up silver like dust, and pile up clothing like clay, 27:17 he may pile it up, but the righteous will wear it, and the innocent will divide the silver. 27:18 He builds his house like a moth's, like a booth that a watchman makes. 27:19 He goes to bed rich, but will do so no more; he opens his eyes, and his wealth is gone. 27:20 Terrors overtake him like a flood; in the night a whirlwind carries him off. 27:21 The east wind lifts him up and he is gone; it sweeps him out of his place. 27:22 It hurls at him without pity; he flees from its power in headlong flight. 27:23 It claps its hands at him and hisses at him from its place.