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Job 27

Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,
 2 As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul;
 3 All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;
 4 My lips shall not speak awickedness, nor my tongue utter bdeceit.
 5 God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not aremove mine bintegrity from me.
 6 My arighteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not breproach me so long as I live.
 7 Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.
 8 For what is the ahope of the hypocrite, though he hath bgained, when God taketh away his soul?
 9 Will God ahear his bcry when trouble cometh upon him?
 10 Will he delight himself in the aAlmighty? will he always call upon God?
 11 I will teach you by 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 thus altogether vain?
 13 This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of aoppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty.
 14 If his achildren 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 not weep.
 16 Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare araiment 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 a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh.
 19 The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not.
 20 Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.
 21 The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storm hurleth him out of his place.
 22 For God shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.
 23 Men shall aclap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.
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