27: 2 As God liveth, who hath taken away my right, And the Almighty, who hath 273vexed my soul;
273Hb. made my soul bitter;
27: 3 274(For my life is yet whole in me, And the breath of God is in my nostrils;)
274Or, (All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;) surely my lips etc.
27: 4 Surely my lips 275shall not speak unrighteousness, Neither 276shall my tongue utter deceit.
275Or, do not speak unrighteousness,
276Or, doth my tongue utter deceit.
27: 5 Far be it from me that I should justify you: Till I die I will not put away mine integrity from me.
27: 6 My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: My heart 277shall not reproach me so long as I live.
277Or, doth not reproach me for any of my days.
27: 7 Let mine enemy be as the wicked, And let him that riseth up against me be as the unrighteous.
27: 8 For what is the hope of the godless, 278though he get him gain, When God taketh away his soul?
278Or, when God cutteth him off, when he taketh away
27: 9 Will God hear his cry, When trouble cometh upon him?
27: 10 Will he delight himself in the Almighty, And call upon God at all times?
27: 11 I will teach you concerning the hand of God; That which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.
27: 12 Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; Why then are ye become altogether vain?
27: 13 This is the portion of a wicked man with God, And the heritage of oppressors, which they receive from the Almighty:
27: 14 If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword; And his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
27: 15 Those that remain of him shall be buried in death, And his widows shall make no lamentation.
27: 16 Though he heap up silver as the dust, And prepare raiment as the clay;
27: 17 He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, And the innocent shall divide the silver.
27: 18 He buildeth his house as the moth, And as a booth which the keeper maketh.
27: 19 He lieth down rich, but he shall not be gathered to his fathers; He openeth his eyes, and he is not.
27: 20 Terrors overtake him like waters; A tempest stealeth him away in the night.
27: 21 The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth; And it sweepeth him out of his place.
27: 22 For God shall hurl at him, and not spare: He would fain flee out of his hand.
27: 23 Men shall clap their hands at him, And shall hiss him out of his place.
