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my tongue utter deceit;</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/27-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Far be it from me that I should justify you;</div><div class="po2">Till I die I will not put away mine integrity from me.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/27-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go;</div><div class="po2">My heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.</div> <p class="section"></p><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/27-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Let mine enemy be as the wicked,</div><div class="po2">And let him that riseth up against me be as the unrighteous.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/27-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>For what is the hope of the godless, though he get him gain,</div><div class="po2">When God taketh away his soul?</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/27-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Will God hear his cry,</div><div class="po2">When trouble cometh upon him?</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/27-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Will he have his delight in the Almighty,</div><div class="po2">And call upon God at all times?</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/27-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>I will teach you concerning the hand of God;</div><div class="po2">That which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/27-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it;</div><div class="po2">Why then are ye become altogether vain?</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/27-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>This is the portion of a wicked man with God,</div><div class="po2">And the heritage of oppressors, which they receive from the Almighty.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/27-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword;</div><div class="po2">And his offspring shall not have bread enough.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/27-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Those that remain of him shall be buried by pestilence,</div><div class="po2">And his widows shall make no lamentation.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/27-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Though he heap up silver as the dust,</div><div class="po2">And prepare raiment as the clay;</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/27-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on,</div><div class="po2">And the innocent shall divide the silver.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/27-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>He buildeth his house as a moth,</div><div class="po2">And as a booth which the keeper maketh.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/27-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>He lieth down rich, but there shall be nought to gather;</div><div class="po2">He openeth his eyes, and his wealth is not.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/27-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Terrors overtake him like waters;</div><div class="po2">A tempest stealeth him away in the night.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/27-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth;</div><div class="po2">And it sweepeth him out of his place.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/27-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Yea, it hurleth at him, and spareth not;</div><div class="po2">He would fain flee from its power.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/27-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Men shall clap their hands at him,</div><div class="po2">And shall hiss him out of his place.</div></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">THE HOLY SCRIPTURES<br>ACCORDING TO THE MASORETIC TEXT<br>A NEW TRANSLATION<p><a 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