rsv - 27

rsv@Job:27:1 @ And Job again took up his discourse, and said:

rsv@Job:27:2 @ "As God lives, who has taken away my right, and the Almighty, who has made my soul bitter;

rsv@Job:27:3 @ as long as my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;

rsv@Job:27:4 @ my lips will not speak falsehood, and my tongue will not utter deceit.

rsv@Job:27:5 @ Far be it from me to say that you are right; till I die I will not put away my integrity from me.

rsv@Job:27:6 @ I hold fast my righteousness, and will not let it go; my heart does not reproach me for any of my days.

rsv@Job:27:7 @ "Let my enemy be as the wicked, and let him that rises up against me be as the unrighteous.

rsv@Job:27:8 @ For what is the hope of the godless when God cuts him off, when God takes away his life?

rsv@Job:27:9 @ Will God hear his cry, when trouble comes upon him?

rsv@Job:27:10 @ Will he take delight in the Almighty? Will he call upon God at all times?

rsv@Job:27:11 @ I will teach you concerning the hand of God; what is with the Almighty I will not conceal.

rsv@Job:27:12 @ Behold, all of you have seen it yourselves; why then have you become altogether vain?

rsv@Job:27:13 @ "This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage which oppressors receive from the Almighty:

rsv@Job:27:14 @ If his children are multiplied, it is for the sword; and his offspring have not enough to eat.

rsv@Job:27:15 @ Those who survive him the pestilence buries, and their widows make no lamentation.

rsv@Job:27:16 @ Though he heap up silver like dust, and pile up clothing like clay;

rsv@Job:27:17 @ he may pile it up, but the just will wear it, and the innocent will divide the silver.

rsv@Job:27:18 @ The house which he builds is like a spider's web, like a booth which a watchman makes.

rsv@Job:27:19 @ He goes to bed rich, but will do so no more; he opens his eyes, and his wealth is gone.

rsv@Job:27:20 @ Terrors overtake him like a flood; in the night a whirlwind carries him off.

rsv@Job:27:21 @ The east wind lifts him up and he is gone; it sweeps him out of his place.

rsv@Job:27:22 @ It hurls at him without pity; he flees from its power in headlong flight.

rsv@Job:27:23 @ It claps its hands at him, and hisses at him from its place.

Job 27