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27 Moreover Job continued his discourse, and said:
2 “As God lives, awho has taken away my justice,
And the Almighty, who has made my soul bitter,
3 As long as my breath is in me,
And the breath of God in my nostrils,
4 My lips will not speak wickedness,
Nor my tongue utter deceit.
That I should say you are right;
Till I die bI will not put away my integrity from me.
6 My righteousness I chold fast, and will not let it go;
dMy heart shall not 1reproach me as long as I live.
7 “May my enemy be like the wicked,
And he who rises up against me like the unrighteous.
8 eFor what is the hope of the hypocrite,
Though he may gain much,
If God takes away his life?
9 fWill God hear his cry
When trouble comes upon him?
10 gWill he delight himself in the Almighty?
Will he always call on God?
11 “I will teach you 2about the hand of God;
What is with the Almighty I will not conceal.
12 Surely all of you have seen it;
Why then do you behave with complete nonsense?
13 “This his the portion of a wicked man with God,
And the heritage of oppressors, received from the Almighty:
14 iIf his children are multiplied, it is for the sword;
And his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
15 Those who survive him shall be buried in death,
And jtheir 3widows shall not weep,
16 Though he heaps up silver like dust,
And piles up clothing like clay—
17 He may pile it up, but kthe just will wear it,
And the innocent will divide the silver.
18 He builds his house like a 4moth,
lLike a 5booth which a watchman makes.
19 The rich man will lie down,
6But not be gathered up;
He opens his eyes,
And he is mno more.
20 nTerrors overtake him like a flood;
A tempest steals him away in the night.
21 The east wind carries him away, and he is gone;
It sweeps him out of his place.
22 It hurls against him and does not ospare;
He flees desperately from its 7power.
23 Men shall clap their hands at him,
And shall hiss him out of his place.
28 “Surely there is a mine for silver,
And a place where gold is refined.
2 Iron is taken from the 1earth,
And copper is smelted from ore.
3 Man puts an end to darkness,
And searches every recess
For ore in the darkness and the shadow of death.
4 He breaks open a shaft away from people;
In places forgotten by feet
They hang far away from men;
They swing to and fro.
5 As for the earth, from it comes bread,
But underneath it is turned up as by fire;
6 Its stones are the source of sapphires,
And it contains gold dust.
Nor has the falcon’s eye seen it.
8 The 2proud lions have not trodden it,
Nor has the fierce lion passed over it.
9 He puts his hand on the flint;
He overturns the mountains 3at the roots.
10 He cuts out channels in the rocks,
And his eye sees every precious thing.
11 He dams up the streams from trickling;
What is hidden he brings forth to light.
12 “But awhere can wisdom be found?
And where is the place of understanding?
13 Man does not know its bvalue,
Nor is it found in the land of the living.
14 cThe deep says, ‘It is not in me’;
And the sea says, ‘It is not with me.’
15 It dcannot be purchased for gold,
Nor can silver be weighed for its price.
16 It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir,
In precious onyx or sapphire.
17 Neither egold nor crystal can equal it,
Nor can it be exchanged for 4jewelry of fine gold.
18 No mention shall be made of 5coral or quartz,
For the price of wisdom is above frubies.
19 The topaz of Ethiopia cannot equal it,
Nor can it be valued in pure ggold.
20 “From hwhere then does wisdom come?
And where is the place of understanding?
21 It is hidden from the eyes of all living,
And concealed from the birds of the 6air.
22 iDestruction 7and Death say,
‘We have heard a report about it with our ears.’
And He knows its place.
24 For He looks to the ends of the earth,
And jsees under the whole heavens,
25 kTo establish a weight for the wind,
And apportion the waters by measure.
26 When He lmade a law for the rain,
And a path for the thunderbolt,
27 Then He saw 8wisdom and declared it;
He prepared it, indeed, He searched it out.
‘Behold, mthe fear of the Lord, that is wisdom,
And to depart from evil is understanding.’ ”
29 Job further continued his discourse, and said:
2 “Oh, that I were as in months apast,
As in the days when God bwatched over me;
3 cWhen His lamp shone upon my head,
And when by His light I walked through darkness;
4 Just as I was in the days of my prime,
When dthe friendly counsel of God was over my tent;
5 When the Almighty was yet with me,
When my children were around me;
6 When emy steps were bathed with 1cream,
And fthe rock poured out rivers of oil for me!
7 “When I went out to the gate by the city,
When I took my seat in the open square,
8 The young men saw me and hid,
And the aged arose and stood;
9 The princes refrained from talking,
And gput their hand on their mouth;
10 The voice of nobles was hushed,
And their htongue stuck to the roof of their mouth.
11 When the ear heard, then it blessed me,
And when the eye saw, then it approved me;
12 Because iI delivered the poor who cried out,
The fatherless and the one who had no helper.
13 The blessing of a perishing man came upon me,
And I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.
14 jI put on righteousness, and it clothed me;
My justice was like a robe and a turban.
15 I was keyes to the blind,
And I was feet to the lame.
16 I was a father to the poor,
And lI searched out the case that I did not know.
17 I broke mthe fangs of the wicked,
And plucked the victim from his teeth.
18 “Then I said, n‘I shall die in my nest,
And multiply my days as the sand.
19 oMy root is spread out pto the waters,
And the dew lies all night on my branch.
20 My glory is fresh within me,
And my qbow is renewed in my hand.’
21 “Men listened to me and waited,
And kept silence for my counsel.
22 After my words they did not speak again,
And my speech settled on them as dew.
23 They waited for me as for the rain,
And they opened their mouth wide as for rthe spring rain.
24 If I mocked at them, they did not believe it,
And the light of my countenance they did not cast down.
25 I chose the way for them, and sat as chief;
So I dwelt as a king in the army,
As one who comforts mourners.
30 “But now they mock at me, men 1younger than I,
Whose fathers I disdained to put with the dogs of my flock.
2 Indeed, what profit is the strength of their hands to me?
Their vigor has perished.
3 They are gaunt from want and famine,
Fleeing late to the wilderness, desolate and waste,
4 Who pluck 2mallow by the bushes,
And broom tree roots for their food.
5 They were driven out from among men,
They shouted at them as at a thief.
6 They had to live in the clefts of the 3valleys,
In 4caves of the earth and the rocks.
7 Among the bushes they brayed,
Under the nettles they nestled.
Yes, sons of vile men;
They were scourged from the land.
9 “And anow I am their taunting song;
Yes, I am their byword.
10 They abhor me, they keep far from me;
They do not hesitate bto spit in my face.
11 Because cHe has loosed 5my bowstring and afflicted me,
They have cast off restraint before me.
12 At my right hand the rabble arises;
They push away my feet,
And dthey raise against me their ways of destruction.
They promote my calamity;
They have no helper.
14 They come as broad breakers;
Under the ruinous storm they roll along.
15 Terrors are turned upon me;
They pursue my honor as the wind,
And my prosperity has passed like a cloud.
16 “And enow my soul is fpoured out because of my plight;
The days of affliction take hold of me.
17 My bones are pierced in me at night,
And my gnawing pains take no rest.
18 By great force my garment is disfigured;
It binds me about as the collar of my coat.
19 He has cast me into the mire,
And I have become like dust and ashes.
20 “I gcry out to You, but You do not answer me;
I stand up, and You regard me.
21 But You have become cruel to me;
With the strength of Your hand You hoppose me.
22 You lift me up to the wind and cause me to ride on it;
You spoil my success.
23 For I know that You will bring me to death,
And to the house iappointed for all living.
24 “Surely He would not stretch out His hand against a heap of ruins,
If they cry out when He destroys it.
25 jHave I not wept for him who was in trouble?
Has not my soul grieved for the poor?
26 kBut when I looked for good, evil came to me;
And when I waited for light, then came darkness.
27 6My heart is in turmoil and cannot rest;
Days of affliction confront me.
28 lI go about mourning, but not in the sun;
I stand up in the assembly and cry out for help.
29 mI am a brother of jackals,
And a companion of ostriches.
30 nMy skin grows black and falls from me;
oMy bones burn with fever.
31 My harp is turned to mourning,
And my flute to the voice of those who weep.
31 “I have made a covenant with my eyes;
Why then should I 1look upon a ayoung woman?
2 For what is the ballotment of God from above,
And the inheritance of the Almighty from on high?
3 Is it not destruction for the wicked,
And disaster for the workers of iniquity?
4 cDoes He not see my ways,
And count all my steps?
5 “If I have walked with falsehood,
Or if my foot has hastened to deceit,
6 2Let me be weighed on honest scales,
That God may know my dintegrity.
7 If my step has turned from the way,
Or emy heart walked after my eyes,
Or if any spot adheres to my hands,
8 Then flet me sow, and another eat;
Yes, let my harvest be 3rooted out.
9 “If my heart has been enticed by a woman,
Or if I have lurked at my neighbor’s door,
10 Then let my wife grind for ganother,
And let others bow down over her.
11 For that would be wickedness;
Yes, hit would be iniquity deserving of judgment.
12 For that would be a fire that consumes to destruction,
And would root out all my increase.
13 “If I have idespised the cause of my male or female servant
When they complained against me,
14 What then shall I do when jGod rises up?
When He punishes, how shall I answer Him?
15 kDid not He who made me in the womb make them?
Did not the same One fashion us in the womb?
16 “If I have kept the poor from their desire,
Or caused the eyes of the widow to lfail,
17 Or eaten my morsel by myself,
So that the fatherless could not eat of it
18 (But from my youth I reared him as a father,
And from my mother’s womb I guided 4the widow);
19 If I have seen anyone perish for lack of clothing,
Or any poor man without covering;
20 If his 5heart has not mblessed me,
And if he was not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
21 If I have raised my hand nagainst the fatherless,
When I saw I had help in the gate;
22 Then let my arm fall from my shoulder,
Let my arm be torn from the socket.
23 For odestruction from God is a terror to me,
And because of His magnificence I cannot endure.
24 “If pI have made gold my hope,
Or said to fine gold, ‘You are my confidence’;
25 qIf I have rejoiced because my wealth was great,
And because my hand had gained much;
26 rIf I have observed the 6sun when it shines,
Or the moon moving in brightness,
27 So that my heart has been secretly enticed,
And my mouth has kissed my hand;
28 This also would be an iniquity deserving of judgment,
For I would have denied God who is above.
29 “If sI have rejoiced at the destruction of him who hated me,
Or lifted myself up when evil found him
30 t(Indeed I have not allowed my mouth to sin
By asking for a curse on his 7soul);
31 If the men of my tent have not said,
‘Who is there that has not been satisfied with his meat?’
32 u(But no sojourner had to lodge in the street,
For I have opened my doors to the 8traveler);
33 If I have covered my transgressions vas 9Adam,
By hiding my iniquity in my bosom,
34 Because I feared the great wmultitude,
And dreaded the contempt of families,
So that I kept silence
And did not go out of the door—
35 xOh, that I had one to hear me!
Here is my mark.
Oh, ythat the Almighty would answer me,
That my 1Prosecutor had written a book!
36 Surely I would carry it on my shoulder,
And bind it on me like a crown;
37 I would declare to Him the number of my steps;
Like a prince I would approach Him.
38 “If my land cries out against me,
And its furrows weep together;
39 If zI have eaten its 2fruit without money,
Or acaused its owners to lose their lives;
40 Then let bthistles grow instead of wheat,
And weeds instead of barley.”
The words of Job are ended.
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