Job 27 — ULB

27Verse 1Job resumed speaking and he said,^{Verse 2}“As surely as God lives, who has taken away my justice,
the Almighty, who made my life bitter,
^{Verse 3}while my life is yet in me,
and the breath from God is in my nostrils,
this is what I will do.
^{Verse 4}My lips will not speak wickedness,
neither will my tongue speak deceit;^{Verse 5}
I will never admit that you three are right;
until I die I will never deny my integrity.
^{Verse 6}I hold fast to my righteousness and will not let it go;
my thoughts will not reproach me so long as I live.
^{Verse 7}Let my enemy be like a wicked man;
let him who rises up against me be like an unrighteous man.
^{Verse 8}For what is the hope of a godless man when God cuts him off,
when God takes away his life?
^{Verse 9}Will God hear his cry
when trouble comes upon him?
^{Verse 10}Will he delight himself in the Almighty
and call upon God at all times?
^{Verse 11}I will teach you concerning the hand of God;
I will not conceal the thoughts of the Almighty.
^{Verse 12}See, all of you have seen this yourselves;
why then have you spoken all this nonsense?
^{Verse 13}This is the portion of a wicked man with God,
the heritage of the oppressor that he receives from the Almighty:
^{Verse 14}If his children multiply, it is for the sword;
his offspring will never have enough food.
^{Verse 15}Those who survive him will be buried by plague,
and their widows will make no lament for them.
^{Verse 16}Though the wicked man heaps up silver like the dust,
and heaps up clothing like clay,
^{Verse 17}he may heap up clothing, but righteous people will put it on,
and innocent people will divide up the silver among themselves.
^{Verse 18}He builds his house like a spider,
like a hut that a guard makes.
^{Verse 19}He lies down in bed rich, but he will not keep doing so;
he opens his eyes, and everything is gone.
^{Verse 20}Terrors overtake him like waters;
a storm takes him away in the night.
^{Verse 21}The east wind carries him away, and he leaves;
it sweeps him out of his place.
^{Verse 22}It throws itself at him and does not stop;
he tries to flee out of its hand.
^{Verse 23}It claps its hands at him in mockery;
it hisses him out of his place.