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27:1 Job again took up his discourse and said: 27:2 "As God lives, who has taken away my right, and the Almighty, who has made my soul bitter, 27:3 as long as my breath is in me and the spirit of God is in my nostrils, 27:4 my lips will not speak falsehood, and my tongue will not utter deceit. 27:5 Far be it from me to say that you are right; until I die I will not put away my integrity from me. 27:6 I hold fast my righteousness, and will not let it go; my heart does not reproach me for any of my days. 27:7 "May my enemy be like the wicked, and may my opponent be like the unrighteous. 27:8 For what is the hope of the godless when God cuts them off, when God takes away their lives? 27:9 Will God hear their cry when trouble comes upon them? 27:10 Will they take delight in the Almighty? Will they call upon God at all times? 27:11 I will teach you concerning the hand of God; that which is with the Almighty I will not conceal. 27:12 All of you have seen it yourselves; why then have you become altogether vain? 27:13 "This is the portion of the wicked with God, and the heritage that oppressors receive from the Almighty: 27:14 If their children are multiplied, it is for the sword; and their offspring have not enough to eat. 27:15 Those who survive them the pestilence buries, and their widows make no lamentation. 27:16 Though they heap up silver like dust, and pile up clothing like clay-- 27:17 they may pile it up, but the just will wear it, and the innocent will divide the silver. 27:18 They build their houses like nests, like booths made by sentinels of the vineyard. 27:19 They go to bed with wealth, but will do so no more; they open their eyes, and it is gone. 27:20 Terrors overtake them like a flood; in the night a whirlwind carries them off. 27:21 The east wind lifts them up and they are gone; it sweeps them out of their place. 27:22 It hurls at them without pity; they flee from its power in headlong flight. 27:23 It claps its hands at them, and hisses at them from its place.