| Chapter 27 |
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And Job again took up his parable, and said,
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As God liveth, who hath taken away my right, And the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul:
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(For my life is yet whole in me, And the spirit of God is in my nostrils);
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Surely my lips shall not speak unrighteousness, Neither shall my tongue utter deceit.
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Far be it from me that I should justify you: Till I die I will not put away mine integrity from me.
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My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: My heart shall not reproach [me] so long as I live.
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Let mine enemy be as the wicked, And let him that riseth up against me be as the unrighteous.
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For what is the hope of the godless, though he get him gain, When God taketh away his soul?
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Will God hear his cry, When trouble cometh upon him?
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Will he delight himself in the Almighty, And call upon God at all times?
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I will teach you concerning the hand of God; That which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.
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Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; Why then are ye become altogether vain?
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This is the portion of a wicked man with God, And the heritage of oppressors, which they receive from the Almighty:
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If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword; And his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
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Those that remain of him shall be buried in death, And his widows shall make no lamentation.
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Though he heap up silver as the dust, And prepare raiment as the clay;
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He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, And the innocent shall divide the silver.
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He buildeth his house as the moth, And as a booth which the keeper maketh.
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He lieth down rich, but he shall not be gathered [to his fathers]; He openeth his eyes, and he is not.
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Terrors overtake him like waters; A tempest stealeth him away in the night.
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The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth; And it sweepeth him out of his place.
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For [God] shall hurl at him, and not spare: He would fain flee out of his hand.
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Men shall clap their hands at him, And shall hiss him out of his place.
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