Job 27

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 And Job again took up his discourse, and said:	1 Job also added to this, using figures of speech, and he said:
2 "As God lives, who has taken away my right, and the Almighty, who has made my soul bitter;	2 As God lives, who has taken away my judgment, and the Almighty, who has led my soul to bitterness,
3 as long as my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;	3 as long as my breath remains in me and the breath of God remains in my nostrils,
4 my lips will not speak falsehood, and my tongue will not utter deceit.	4 my lips will not speak iniquity, nor will my tongue devise lies.
5 Far be it from me to say that you are right; till I die I will not put away my integrity from me.	5 Far be it from me that I should judge you to be right, for, until I expire, I will not withdraw from my innocence.
6 I hold fast my righteousness, and will not let it go; my heart does not reproach me for any of my days.	6 I will not forsake my justification, which I have just begun to grasp, for my heart does not find blame for me in my whole life.
7 "Let my enemy be as the wicked, and let him that rises up against me be as the unrighteous.	7 Let the impious be as my enemy, and the sinful, as my adversary.
8 For what is the hope of the godless when God cuts him off, when God takes away his life?	8 For what hope is there for the hypocrite, if he greedily plunders and God does not free his soul?
9 Will God hear his cry, when trouble comes upon him?	9 Will God pay attention to his cry, when anguish overcomes him?
10 Will he take delight in the Almighty? Will he call upon God at all times?	10 Or will he take delight in the Almighty and call upon God at all times?
11 I will teach you concerning the hand of God; what is with the Almighty I will not conceal.	11 I will teach you through the hand of God, what the Almighty holds, and I will not conceal it.
12 Behold, all of you have seen it yourselves; why then have you become altogether vain?	12 Behold, you know all this, and so why do you speak vain things without a reason?
13 "This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage which oppressors receive from the Almighty:	13 This is the portion of the impious man with God, and the inheritance of the violent, which they will receive from the Almighty.
14 If his children are multiplied, it is for the sword; and his offspring have not enough to eat.	14 If his sons should happen to increase, they will be for the sword, and his grandsons will not be satisfied with bread.
15 Those who survive him the pestilence buries, and their widows make no lamentation.	15 Whatever will remain of him will be buried in the ruins, and his widows will not weep.
16 Though he heap up silver like dust, and pile up clothing like clay;	16 If he will amass silver as if it were dirt and fabricate garments as if they were clay,
17 he may pile it up, but the just will wear it, and the innocent will divide the silver.	17 then yes, he will gather, but the just will be clothed with it and the innocent will divide the silver.
18 The house which he builds is like a spider's web, like a booth which a watchman makes.	18 He has built his house like a moth, and he has made a makeshift shelter like a sentry.
19 He goes to bed rich, but will do so no more; he opens his eyes, and his wealth is gone.	19 When he falls asleep, the rich man will leave him with nothing; he will open his eyes and find nothing.
20 Terrors overtake him like a flood; in the night a whirlwind carries him off.	20 Destitution will surround him like water; a storm will overwhelm him in the night.
21 The east wind lifts him up and he is gone; it sweeps him out of his place.	21 A burning wind will pick him up and carry him away, and, like a whirlwind, it will rush him from his place.
22 It hurls at him without pity; he flees from its power in headlong flight.	22 And it will hurl over him and will not spare him; fleeing from its power, he will go into exile.
23 It claps its hands at him, and hisses at him from its place.	23 He will clasp his hands over himself, and he will hiss at himself, while considering his situation.