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Job 27

Job Affirms His Righteousness

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Then Job  1continued his  adiscourse and said,

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"As God lives,  awho has taken away my right, And the Almighty,  bwho has embittered my soul,

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For as long as  1life is in me, And the  2 abreath of God is in my nostrils,

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My lips certainly will not speak unjustly, Nor will  amy tongue mutter deceit.

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"Far be it from me that I should declare you right; Till I die  aI will not put away my integrity from me.

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"I  ahold fast my righteousness and will not let it go. My heart does not reproach any of my days.

The State of the Godless

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"May my enemy be as the wicked And  1my opponent as the unjust.

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"For what is  athe hope of the godless  1when he is cut off, When God requires  bhis  2life?

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"Will God  ahear his cry When  bdistress comes upon him?

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"Will he take  adelight in the Almighty? Will he call on God at all times?

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"I will instruct you in the  1power of God; What is with the Almighty I will not conceal.

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"Behold, all of you have seen it; Why then do you  1act foolishly?

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"This is  athe portion of a wicked man from God, And the inheritance which  btyrants receive from the Almighty.

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"Though his sons are many,  1they are destined  afor the sword; And his  bdescendants will not be satisfied with bread.

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"His survivors will be buried because of the plague, And  1their  awidows will not be able to weep.

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"Though he piles up silver like dust And prepares garments as plentiful as the clay,

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He may prepare it,  abut the just will wear it And the innocent will divide the silver.

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"He has built his  ahouse like the  1spider's web, Or as a hut which the watchman has made.

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"He lies down rich, but never  1again; He opens his eyes, and  ait is no longer.

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aTerrors overtake him like a flood; A tempest steals him away  bin the night.

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"The east  awind carries him away, and he is gone, For it whirls him  baway from his place.

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"For it will hurl at him  awithout sparing; He will surely try to  bflee from its  1power.

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"Men will clap their hands at him And will  ahiss him from his place.



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