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| 1 And Job again took up his parable, and said, |
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2 As God liveth, who hath taken away my right,
And the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul;
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3 (For my life is yet whole in me,
And the breath of God is in my nostrils;)
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4 Surely my lips shall not speak unrighteousness,
Neither shall my tongue utter deceit.
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5 Far be it from me that I should justify you:
Till I die I will not put away mine integrity from me.
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6 My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go:
My heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.
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7 Let mine enemy be as the wicked,
And let him that riseth up against me be as the unrighteous.
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8 For what is the hope of the godless, though he get him gain,
When God taketh away his soul?
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9 Will God hear his cry,
When trouble cometh upon him?
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Will God hear – "God heareth not (the prayers of) sinners." (John 9:31) R2024:1
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10 Will he delight himself in the Almighty,
And call upon God at all times?
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11 I will teach you concerning the hand of God;
That which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.
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12 Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it;
Why then are ye become altogether vain?
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13 This is the portion of a wicked man with God,
And the heritage of oppressors, which they receive from the Almighty:
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14 If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword;
And his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
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15 Those that remain of him shall be buried in death,
And his widows shall make no lamentation.
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16 Though he heap up silver as the dust,
And prepare raiment as the clay;
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17 He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on,
And the innocent shall divide the silver.
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18 He buildeth his house as the moth,
And as a booth which the keeper maketh.
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19 He lieth down rich, but he shall not be gathered to his fathers;
He openeth his eyes, and he is not.
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20 Terrors overtake him like waters;
A tempest stealeth him away in the night.
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21 The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth;
And it sweepeth him out of his place.
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22 For God shall hurl at him, and not spare:
He would fain flee out of his hand.
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23 Men shall clap their hands at him,
And shall hiss him out of his place. |
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