Job 27:7–23

⁷“Let my enemy be as the wicked,

and let him who rises up against me be as the unrighteous.

^8zFor what is the hope of the godless ^awhen God cuts him off,

when God takes away his life?

^9bWill God hear his cry

when distress comes upon him?

¹⁰Will he ^ctake delight in the Almighty?

Will he call upon God at all times?

¹¹I will teach you concerning the hand of God;

^dwhat is with the Almighty I will not conceal.

¹²Behold, all of you have seen it yourselves;

why then have you become altogether vain?

^13e“This is the portion of a wicked man with God,

and the heritage that ^foppressors receive from the Almighty:

¹⁴If his ^gchildren are multiplied, it is for ^hthe sword,

and his descendants have not enough bread.

¹⁵Those who survive him the pestilence buries,

and his ⁱwidows do not weep.

¹⁶Though he ^jheap up silver like dust,

and pile up clothing like clay,

¹⁷he may pile it up, but the righteous will wear it,

and ^kthe innocent will divide the silver.

¹⁸He builds his ^lhouse like a moth’s,

like ^ma booth that ⁿa watchman makes.

¹⁹He goes to bed rich, but will ^odo so no more;

he opens his eyes, and ^phis wealth is gone.

^20qTerrors overtake him like ^ra flood;

in the night a whirlwind ^scarries him off.

^21tThe east wind lifts him up and he is gone;

it ^usweeps him out of his place.

²²It¹ hurls at him ^vwithout pity;

he flees from its² power in headlong flight.

²³It ^wclaps its hands at him

and ^xhisses at him from its place.