Job27

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(Job 27:1) Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,
(Job 27:2) {As} God liveth, {who} hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, {who} hath vexed my soul;
(Job 27:3) All the while my breath {is} in me, and the spirit of God {is} in my nostrils;
(Job 27:4) My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.
(Job 27:5) God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me.
(Job 27:6) My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach {me} so long as I live.
(Job 27:7) Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.
(Job 27:8) For what {is} the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?
(Job 27:9) Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him?
(Job 27:10) Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God?
(Job 27:11) I will teach you by the hand of God: {that} which {is} with the Almighty will I not conceal.
(Job 27:12) Behold, all ye yourselves have seen {it}; why then are ye thus altogether vain?
(Job 27:13) This {is} the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, {which} they shall receive of the Almighty.
(Job 27:14) If his children be multiplied, {it is} for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
(Job 27:15) Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep.
(Job 27:16) Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;
(Job 27:17) He may prepare {it}, but the just shall put {it} on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.
(Job 27:18) He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth {that} the keeper maketh.
(Job 27:19) The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he {is} not.
(Job 27:20) Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.
(Job 27:21) The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storm hurleth him out of his place.
(Job 27:22) For {God} shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.
(Job 27:23) {Men} shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.
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