Job 27

¹Job also added to this, using figures of speech, and he said

²As God lives, who has taken away my judgment, and the Almighty, who has led my soul to bitterness

³as long as my breath remains in me and the breath of God remains in my nostrils

⁴my lips will not speak iniquity, nor will my tongue devise lies

⁵Far be it from me that I should judge you to be right, for, until I expire, I will not withdraw from my innocence

⁶I will not forsake my justification, which I have just begun to grasp, for my heart does not find blame for me in my whole life

⁷Let the impious be as my enemy, and the sinful, as my adversary

⁸For what hope is there for the hypocrite, if he greedily plunders and God does not free his soul

⁹Will God pay attention to his cry, when anguish overcomes him

¹⁰Or will he take delight in the Almighty and call upon God at all times

¹¹I will teach you through the hand of God, what the Almighty holds, and I will not conceal it

¹²Behold, you know all this, and so why do you speak vain things without a reason

¹³This is the portion of the impious man with God, and the inheritance of the violent, which they will receive from the Almighty

¹⁴If his sons should happen to increase, they will be for the sword, and his grandsons will not be satisfied with bread

¹⁵Whatever will remain of him will be buried in the ruins, and his widows will not weep

¹⁶If he will amass silver as if it were dirt and fabricate garments as if they were clay

¹⁷then yes, he will gather, but the just will be clothed with it and the innocent will divide the silver

¹⁸He has built his house like a moth, and he has made a makeshift shelter like a sentry

¹⁹When he falls asleep, the rich man will leave him with nothing; he will open his eyes and find nothing

²⁰Destitution will surround him like water; a storm will overwhelm him in the night

²¹A burning wind will pick him up and carry him away, and, like a whirlwind, it will rush him from his place

²²And it will hurl over him and will not spare him; fleeing from its power, he will go into exile

²³He will clasp his hands over himself, and he will hiss at himself, while considering his situation