Job 27 · Clearspring

Job Affirms His Integrity

¹Job continued his discourse:+ ²“As surely as God lives, who has deprived me of justice — the Almighty, who has embittered my soul —+ ³as long as my breath is still within me and the breath of God remains in my nostrils,+ ⁴my lips will not speak wickedness, and my tongue will not utter deceit.+ ⁵I will never say that you are right; I will maintain my integrity until I die.+ ⁶I will cling to my righteousness and never let go. As long as I live, my conscience will not accuse me.+

The Wicked Man’s Portion

⁷May my enemy be like the wicked and my opponent like the unjust.+ ⁸For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?+ ⁹Will God hear his cry when distress comes upon him?+ ¹⁰Will he delight in the Almighty? Will he call upon God at all times?+ ¹¹I will instruct you in the power of God. I will not conceal the ways of the Almighty.+ ¹²Surely all of you have seen it for yourselves. Why then do you keep up this empty talk?+ ¹³This is the wicked man’s portion from God — the heritage the ruthless receive from the Almighty.+ ¹⁴Though his sons are many, they are destined for the sword; and his offspring will never have enough food.+ ¹⁵His survivors will be buried by the plague, and their widows will not weep for them.+ ¹⁶Though he heaps up silver like dust and piles up a wardrobe like clay,+ ¹⁷what he lays up, the righteous will wear, and his silver will be divided by the innocent.+ ¹⁸The house he built is like a moth’s cocoon, like a hut set up by a watchman.+ ¹⁹He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more; when he opens his eyes, all is gone.+ ²⁰Terrors overtake him like a flood; a tempest sweeps him away in the night.+ ²¹The east wind carries him away, and he is gone; it sweeps him out of his place.+ ²²It hurls itself against him without mercy as he flees headlong from its power.+ ²³It claps its hands at him and hisses him out of his place.’’+

Job Affirms His Integrity

The Wicked Man’s Portion

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