c.
Holding fast insistently to his righteousness and integrity
27:1-7
Job 27
:1
27:1
Then Job again took up his discourse and said,
Job 27
:2
27:2
As God lives, who has taken away my right,
And the Almighty, who has embittered my soul,
Job 27
:3
27:3
As long as my
abreath is in me
And the spirit of God is in my nostrils,
Job 27
:4
27:4
Surely my lips will not speak anything wrong,
Nor will my tongue utter deceit.
Job 27
:5
27:5
Far be it from me to declare you righteous!
Until I die, I will not put away my
aintegrity from me.
Job 27
:6
27:6
To my
arighteousness I will hold fast, I will not let it go;
My heart does not reproach
me for any of my days.
Job 27
:7
27:7
May my enemy be like a wicked man,
And may he who rises up against me be like someone unjust.
d.
Teaching his friends high-mindedly concerning the hope of the profane man
27:8-23
Job 27
:8
27:8
For what is the hope of the profane man when God cuts
him off,
When He takes away his
asoul?
Job 27
:9
27:9
Will God hear his cry
When distress comes upon him?
Job 27
:10
27:10
Does he take delight in the Almighty?
Will he call upon God at all times?
Job 27
:11
27:11
I will teach you about the hand of God;
What is with the Almighty I will not conceal.
Job 27
:12
27:12
Indeed, all of you have seen
it yourselves;
And why then have you become altogether vain?
Job 27
:13
27:13
This is the portion with God for a wicked man,
And the inheritance that oppressors receive from the Almighty:
Job 27
:14
27:14
If his children are multiplied, it is for the sword;
And his offspring will not be satisfied with bread;
Job 27
:15
27:15
Those who remain of him will be buried in death,
And his widows will not lament.
Job 27
:16
27:16
Though he
aheaps up silver like dust
And prepares garments like clay,
Job 27
:17
27:17
He may
aprepare them, but the righteous will wear
them;
And the innocent will divide the silver.
Job 27
:18
27:18
He builds his house as a moth does
And like a hut that a watchman makes.
Job 27
:19
27:19
He lies down rich but
1will be rich no more;
He opens his eyes, and he is not.
Job 27
:20
27:20
Terrors overtake him like waters;
At night a whirlwind steals him away.
Job 27
:21
27:21
The east wind carries him off, and he goes;
And it sweeps him out of his place.
Job 27
:22
27:22
And God hurls at him and does not spare;
He hastily flees from His hand.
Job 27
:23
27:23
Men clap their hands at him
And hiss him out of his place.
