# Job 27 
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1. And Job again took up his discourse, and said: 
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2. “As God lives, who has taken away my right, and the Almighty, who has made my soul bitter, 
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3. as long as my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils, 
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4. my lips will not speak falsehood, and my tongue will not utter deceit. 
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5. Far be it from me to say that you are right; till I die I will not put away my integrity from me. 
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6. I hold fast my righteousness and will not let it go; my heart does not reproach me for any of my days. 
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7. “Let my enemy be as the wicked, and let him who rises up against me be as the unrighteous. 
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8. For what is the hope of the godless when God cuts him off, when God takes away his life? 
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9. Will God hear his cry when distress comes upon him? 
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10. Will he take delight in the Almighty? Will he call upon God at all times? 
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11. I will teach you concerning the hand of God; what is with the Almighty I will not conceal. 
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12. Behold, all of you have seen it yourselves; why then have you become altogether vain? 
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13. “This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage that oppressors receive from the Almighty: 
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14. If his children are multiplied, it is for the sword, and his descendants have not enough bread. 
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15. Those who survive him the pestilence buries, and his widows do not weep. 
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16. Though he heap up silver like dust, and pile up clothing like clay, 
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17. he may pile it up, but the righteous will wear it, and the innocent will divide the silver. 
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18. He builds his house like a moth’s, like a booth that a watchman makes. 
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19. He goes to bed rich, but will do so no more; he opens his eyes, and his wealth is gone. 
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20. Terrors overtake him like a flood; in the night a whirlwind carries him off. 
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21. The east wind lifts him up and he is gone; it sweeps him out of his place. 
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22. It hurls at him without pity; he flees from its power in headlong flight. 
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23. It claps its hands at him and hisses at him from its place. 

(ESV)