Job 27

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

⁷ “Let my enemy be as the wicked,
    and let him that rises up against me be as the unrighteous.
⁸ For what is the hope of the godless when God cuts him off,
    when God takes away his life?
⁹ Will God hear his cry,
    when trouble comes upon him?
¹⁰ Will he take delight in the Almighty?
    Will he call upon God at all times?
¹¹ I will teach you concerning the hand of God;
    what is with the Almighty I will not conceal.
¹² Behold, all of you have seen it yourselves;
    why then have you become altogether vain?

¹³ “This is the portion of a wicked man with God,
    and the heritage which oppressors receive from the Almighty:
¹⁴ If his children are multiplied, it is for the sword;
    and his offspring have not enough to eat.
¹⁵ Those who survive him the pestilence buries,
    and their widows make no lamentation.
¹⁶ Though he heap up silver like dust,
    and pile up clothing like clay;
¹⁷ he may pile it up, but the just will wear it,
    and the innocent will divide the silver.
¹⁸ The house which he builds is like a spider’s web,^[a]
    like a booth which a watchman makes.
¹⁹ He goes to bed rich, but will do so no more;^[b]
    he opens his eyes, and his wealth is gone.
²⁰ Terrors overtake him like a flood;
    in the night a whirlwind carries him off.
²¹ The east wind lifts him up and he is gone;
    it sweeps him out of his place.
²² It^[c] hurls at him without pity;
    he flees from its^[d] power in headlong flight.
²³ It^[e] claps its^[f] hands at him,
    and hisses at him from its^[g] place.