Daily Meditation
4 my lips shall not
speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.
Today’s Reading
Job
Chapter 27
My lips shall not
speak wickedness
1 Moreover Job
continued his parable, and said, 2 As God liveth, who hath taken away my
judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul; 3 all the while my breath
is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils; 4 my lips shall not speak
wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit. 5 God forbid that I should justify you:
till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me. 6 My righteousness I hold
fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.
7 Let mine enemy be as the
wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous. 8 For what is the
hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul? 9
Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him? 10 Will he delight himself
in the Almighty? will he always call upon God? 11 I will teach you by the hand
of God: that which is with the Almighty will I not conceal. 12 Behold, all ye
yourselves have seen it; why then are ye thus altogether vain? 13 This is the
portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they
shall receive of the Almighty. 14 If his children be multiplied, it is for the
sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread. 15 Those that
remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep. 16
Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay; 17 he
may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the
silver. 18 He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper
maketh. 19 The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he
openeth his eyes, and he is not. 20 Terrors take hold on him as waters, a
tempest stealeth him away in the night. 21 The east wind carrieth him away, and
he departeth: and as a storm hurleth him out of his place. 22 For God shall
cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand. 23 Men shall
clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.
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