Job 27

And Job again took up his parable, and said,

As God liveth, who hath taken away my right, And the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul :

(For my life is yet whole in me, And the spirit of God is in my nostrils ) ;

Surely my lips shall not speak unrighteousness , Neither shall my tongue utter deceit.

Far be it from me that I should justify you: Till I die I will not put away mine integrity from me.

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

Let mine enemy be as the wicked, And let him that riseth up against me be as the unrighteous.

For what is the hope of the godless , though he get him gain , When God taketh away his soul?

Will God hear his cry , When trouble cometh upon him?

Will he delight himself in the Almighty , And call upon God at all times ?

I will teach you concerning the hand of God ; That which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.

Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; Why then are ye become altogether vain?

This is the portion of a wicked man with God, And the heritage of oppressors, which they receive from the Almighty :

If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword ; And his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.

Those that remain of him shall be buried in death , And his widows shall make no lamentation .

Though he heap up silver as the dust, And prepare raiment as the clay;

He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, And the innocent shall divide the silver.

He buildeth his house as the moth, And as a booth which the keeper maketh.

He lieth down rich , but he shall not be gathered `to his fathers'; He openeth his eyes, and he is not.

Terrors overtake him like waters ; A tempest stealeth him away in the night.

The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth ; And it sweepeth him out of his place.

For ` God ' shall hurl at him, and not spare: He would fain flee out of his hand.

Men shall clap their hands at him, And shall hiss him out of his place.