Job 27
1 And Job addeth to lift up his simile, and saith: —
And Job further continued and said in his parable,
2 God liveth! He turned aside my judgment, And the Mighty — He made my soul bitter.
[As] God lives, who has thus judge me; and the Almighty, who has embittered my soul;
3 For all the while my breath [is] in me, And the spirit of God in my nostrils.
verily, while my breath is yet in [me], and the breath of God which remains to me is in my nostrils,
4 My lips do not speak perverseness, And my tongue doth not utter deceit.
my lips shall not speak evil words, neither shall my soul meditate unrighteous thoughts.
5 Pollution to me — if I justify you, Till I expire I turn not aside mine integrity from me.
Far be it from me that I should justify you till I die; for I will not let go my innocence,
6 On my righteousness I have laid hold, And I do not let it go, My heart doth not reproach me while I live.
but keeping fast to [my] righteousness I will by no means let it go: for I am not conscious to myself of having done any thing amiss.
7 As the wicked is my enemy, And my withstander as the perverse.
Nay rather, but let mine enemies be as the overthrow of the ungodly, and they that rise up against me, as the destruction of transgressors.
8 For what [is] the hope of the profane, When He doth cut off? When God doth cast off his soul?
For what is the hope of the ungodly, that he holds to it? will he indeed trust in the Lord [and] be saved?
9 His cry doth God hear, When distress cometh on him?
Will God hear his prayer? or, when distress has come upon him,
10 On the Mighty doth he delight himself? Call God at all times?
has he any confidence before him? or will [God] hear him as he calls upon him?
11 I shew you by the hand of God, That which [is] with the Mighty I hide not.
Yet now I will tell you what is in the hand of the Lord: I will not lie concerning the things which are with the Almighty.
12 Lo, ye — all of you — have seen, And why [is] this — ye are altogether vain?
Behold, ye all know that ye are adding vanity to vanity.
13 This [is] the portion of wicked man with God, And the inheritance of terrible ones From the Mighty they receive.
This is the portion of an ungodly man from the Lord, and the possession of oppressors shall come upon them from the Almighty.
14 If his sons multiply — for them [is] a sword. And his offspring [are] not satisfied [with] bread.
And if their children be many, they shall be for slaughter: and if they grow up, they shall beg.
15 His remnant in death are buried, And his widows do not weep.
And they that survive of him shall utterly perish, and no one shall pity their widows.
16 If he heap up as dust silver, And as clay prepare clothing,
Even if he should gather silver as earth, and prepare gold as clay;
17 He prepareth — and the righteous putteth [it] on, And the silver the innocent doth apportion.
All these things shall the righteous gain, and the truehearted shall possess his wealth.
18 He hath built as a moth his house, And as a booth a watchman hath made.
And his house is gone like moths, and like a spider's web.
19 Rich he lieth down, and he is not gathered, His eyes he hath opened, and he is not.
The rich man shall lie down, and shall not continue: he has opened his eyes, and he is not.
20 Overtake him as waters do terrors, By night stolen him away hath a whirlwind.
Pains have come upon him as water, and darkness has carried him away by night.
21 Take him up doth an east wind, and he goeth, And it frighteneth him from his place,
And a burning wind shall catch him, and he shall depart, and it shall utterly drive him out of his place.
22 And it casteth at him, and doth not spare, From its hand he diligently fleeth.
And [God] shall cast [trouble] upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.
23 It clappeth at him its hands, And it hisseth at him from his place.
He shall cause [men] to clap their hands against them, and shall hiss him out of his place.
