Capítulo 27

1 - And Job again took up his parable, and said,

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

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

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

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

6 - My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: My heart shall not reproach [me] so long as I live.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

19 - He lieth down rich, but he shall not be gathered [to his fathers]; He openeth his eyes, and he is not.

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

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

22 - For [God] shall hurl at him, and not spare: He would fain flee out of his hand.

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