Ayub (Job) — 27

Ayub’s Final Speech

1 Ayub continued speaking:

2 “I vow by the living 𐤀𐤋𐤅𐤄_ALUAH, who has taken away my rights, by the AL'Mighty who has embittered my soul

3 As long as I live, while I have breath from my 𐤀𐤋𐤅𐤄_ALUAH,

4 my lips will speak no evil, and my tongue will speak no lies.

5 I will never concede that you are right; I will defend my integrity until I die.

6 I will maintain my innocence without wavering. My conscience is clear for as long as I live.

7 “May my enemy be punished like the wicked, my adversary like those who do evil.

8 For what hope do the unrighteous have when 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH cuts them off and takes away their life?

9 Will 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH listen to their cry when trouble comes upon them?

10 Can they take delight in the AL'Mighty? Can they call to 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH at any time?

11 I will teach you about the power of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH. I will not conceal anything concerning the AL'Mighty.

12 But you have seen all this, yet you say all these useless things to me.

13 “This is what the wicked will receive from 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH; this is their inheritance from the AL'Mighty ONE.

14 They may have many children, but the children will die in war or starve to death.

15 Those who survive will die of a plague, and not even their widows will mourn them.

16 “Evil people may have piles of money    and may store away mounds of clothing.

17 But the righteous will wear that clothing, and the innocent will divide that money.

18 The wicked build houses as fragile as a spider’s web, as flimsy as a shelter made of branches.

19 The wicked go to bed rich but wake to find that all their wealth is gone.

20 Terror overwhelms them like a flood, and they are blown away in the storms of the night.

21 The east wind carries them away, and they are gone. It sweeps them away.

22 It whirls down on them without mercy. They struggle to flee from its power.

23 But everyone jeers at them and mocks them.