Job 27  Lexham English Bible

² “As God lives,^[b] he has removed my justice,
and Shaddai has made my inner self^[c] bitter.
³ For as long as^[d] my breath is in me,
and the spirit of God is in my nose,
⁴ my lips surely will not speak falseness,
and my tongue surely will not utter deceit.
⁵ Far be it from me that I would say that you^[e] are right;^[f]
until I pass away, I will not put away from me my blamelessness.
⁶ I hold fast to my righteousness, and I will not let it go;
my heart will not blame any of my days.
⁷ “Let my enemy be like the wicked
and my opponent like the unrighteous,
⁸ for what is the hope of the godless when he cuts them off,
when God takes away his life?
⁹ Will God hear his cry of distress
when distress comes upon him?
¹⁰ Or, in Shaddai will he find delight?
Will he call upon God at all times?
¹¹ “I will teach you^[g] about^[h] God’s hand;
I will not conceal that which is with Shaddai.
¹² Look, you all have seen,
and why in the world^[i] have you become altogether vain?^[j]
13 “This is the portion of the wicked human being with God,
and they receive from Shaddai the inheritance of the ruthless.
¹⁴ If their children multiply, it is for the sword,
and his offspring do not have enough to eat.^[k]
15 Their^[l] survivors are buried through^[m] the plague,
and their^[n] widows do not weep.
¹⁶ If he heaps up silver like the dust
and fashions clothing like the clay,
¹⁷ he makes it ready, and the righteous will wear it,
and the innocent will divide the silver.
¹⁸ “He builds his house like the moth,
and like a booth that a watchman has made.
¹⁹ He goes to bed with wealth, but^[o] he will do so no more;^[p]
he opens his eyes, and it is gone.^[q]
20 Terrors overtake him like the water;
a storm wind carries him off in the night.
²¹ The east wind lifts him up, and he is gone,
and it sweeps him away from his place.
²² And it hurls at him, and it has no compassion;
he will quickly flee from its power.
²³ It claps its hands over him,
and it hisses at him from its place.