Job 27:1 (BSB)
Job continued his discourse:

Job 27:2 (BSB)
“As surely as God lives, who has deprived me of justice—the Almighty, who has embittered my soul—

Job 27:3 (BSB)
as long as my breath is still within me and the breath of God remains in my nostrils,

Job 27:4 (BSB)
my lips will not speak wickedness, and my tongue will not utter deceit.

Job 27:5 (BSB)
I will never say that you are right; I will maintain my integrity until I die.

Job 27:6 (BSB)
I will cling to my righteousness and never let go. As long as I live, my conscience will not accuse me.

Job 27:7 (BSB)
May my enemy be like the wicked and my opponent like the unjust.

Job 27:8 (BSB)
For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?

Job 27:9 (BSB)
Will God hear his cry when distress comes upon him?

Job 27:10 (BSB)
Will he delight in the Almighty? Will he call upon God at all times?

Job 27:11 (BSB)
I will instruct you in the power of God. I will not conceal the ways of the Almighty.

Job 27:12 (BSB)
Surely all of you have seen it for yourselves. Why then do you keep up this empty talk?

Job 27:13 (BSB)
This is the wicked man’s portion from God—the heritage the ruthless receive from the Almighty.

Job 27:14 (BSB)
Though his sons are many, they are destined for the sword; and his offspring will never have enough food.

Job 27:15 (BSB)
His survivors will be buried by the plague, and their widows will not weep for them.

Job 27:16 (BSB)
Though he heaps up silver like dust and piles up a wardrobe like clay,

Job 27:17 (BSB)
what he lays up, the righteous will wear, and his silver will be divided by the innocent.

Job 27:18 (BSB)
The house he built is like a moth’s cocoon, like a hut set up by a watchman.

Job 27:19 (BSB)
He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more; when he opens his eyes, all is gone.

Job 27:20 (BSB)
Terrors overtake him like a flood; a tempest sweeps him away in the night.

Job 27:21 (BSB)
The east wind carries him away, and he is gone; it sweeps him out of his place.

Job 27:22 (BSB)
It hurls itself against him without mercy as he flees headlong from its power.

Job 27:23 (BSB)
It claps its hands at him and hisses him out of his place.
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