Job:27

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* Moreover Job continued on with his discourse , and said : * As the Mighty God lives , who has taken away my justice , and the Almighty , who has made my soul bitter , * as long as my breath is in me , and the spirit of God in my nostrils , * my lips will not speak wickedness , nor my tongue utter deceit . * Far be it from me that I should say you are right . Until I die I will not put away my integrity from me . * I hold fast to my righteousness , and will not let it go ; my heart does not reproach any of my days . * Let my enemy be like the wicked , and he who rises up against me like the unrighteous . * For what is the hope of the hypocrite when he is cut off , when God draws out his soul ? * Will the Mighty God hear his cry when distress comes upon him ? * Will he delight in the Almighty ? Will he always call upon God ? * I will teach you about the hand of the Mighty God ; that which is with the Almighty I will not hide . * Behold , all of you have seen it . Why then are you vain like a vapor ? * This is the portion of a wicked man with the Mighty God , and the heritage of the ruthless , received from the Almighty : * If his children are multiplied , it is for the sword ; and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread . * Those who survive him shall be buried in death , and their widows shall not weep , * though he heaps up silver like dust , and provides clothing like clay ; * he may provide it , but the just shall wear it , and the innocent shall divide up the silver . * He builds his house like a moth , like a booth which a watchman makes . * The rich man shall lie down , but not be gathered up ; he has opened his eyes , and is not . * Terrors overtake him like waters ; a tempest steals him away in the night . * The east wind carries him away , and he is gone ; it whirls him out of his place . * It casts him out without pity ; he hastens to flee from its hand . * Men shall clap their hands at him , and shall hiss him out of his place .

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