27:1 約伯接著說：
27:2 上帝奪去我的理，全能者使我心中愁苦。我指著永生的上帝起誓：
27:3 我的生命尚在我裡面；上帝所賜呼吸之氣仍在我的鼻孔內。
27:4 我的嘴決不說非義之言；我的舌也不說詭詐之語。
27:5 我斷不以你們為是；我至死必不以自己為不正！
27:6 我持定我的義，必不放鬆；在世的日子，我心必不責備我。
27:7 願我的仇敵如惡人一樣；願那起來攻擊我的，如不義之人一般。
27:8 不敬虔的人雖然得利，上帝奪取其命的時候還有甚麼指望呢？
27:9 患難臨到他，上帝豈能聽他的呼求？
27:10 他豈以全能者為樂，隨時求告上帝呢？
27:11 上帝的作為，我要指教你們；全能者所行的，我也不隱瞞。
27:12 你們自己也都見過，為何全然變為虛妄呢？
27:13 上帝為惡人所定的分，強暴人從全能者所得的報（原文是產業）乃是這樣：
27:14 倘或他的兒女增多，還是被刀所殺；他的子孫必不得飽食。
27:15 他所遺留的人必死而埋葬；他的寡婦也不哀哭。
27:16 他雖積蓄銀子如塵沙，預備衣服如泥土；
27:17 他只管預備，義人卻要穿上；他的銀子，無辜的人要分取。
27:18 他建造房屋如蟲做窩，又如守望者所搭的棚。
27:19 他雖富足躺臥，卻不得收殮，轉眼之間就不在了。
27:20 驚恐如波濤將他追上；暴風在夜間將他颳去。
27:21 東風把他飄去，又颳他離開本處。
27:22 上帝要向他射箭，並不留情；他恨不得逃脫上帝的手。
27:23 人要向他拍掌，並要發叱聲，使他離開本處。
And Job continued his discourse:
2 “As
surely as God lives, who has denied me justice,
the Almighty, who has made my life bitter,
3 as long as I have life within me,
the breath of God in my nostrils,
4 my lips will not say anything wicked,
and my tongue will not utter lies.
5 I will never admit you are in the right;
till I die, I will not deny my integrity.
6 I will maintain my innocence and never let go of it;
my conscience will not reproach me as long as I live.
7 “May
my enemy be like the wicked,
my adversary like the unjust!
8 For what hope have the godless when they are cut off,
when God takes away their life?
9 Does God listen to their cry
when distress comes upon them?
10 Will they find delight in the Almighty?
Will they call on God at all times?
11 “I
will teach you about the power of God;
the ways of the Almighty I will not conceal.
12 You have all seen this yourselves.
Why then this meaningless talk?
13 “Here
is the fate God allots to the wicked,
the heritage a ruthless man receives from the Almighty:
14 However many his children, their fate is the sword;
his offspring will never have enough to eat.
15 The plague will bury those who survive him,
and their widows will not weep for them.
16 Though he heaps up silver like dust
and clothes like piles of clay,
17 what he lays up the righteous will wear,
and the innocent will divide his silver.
18 The house he builds is like a moth’s cocoon,
like a hut made by a watchman.
19 He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more;
when he opens his eyes, all is gone.
20 Terrors overtake him like a flood;
a tempest snatches him away in the night.
21 The east wind carries him off, and he is gone;
it sweeps him out of his place.
22 It hurls itself against him without mercy
as he flees headlong from its power.
23 It claps its hands in derision
and hisses him out of his place.”
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約伯清楚自己不是因為不義而有今天的遭遇，所以不管朋友怎樣說，他都堅持自己是義人，並且要持續成為義人，不要因為今日的遭遇而遠離上帝！這也正是上帝要他表現出來的信心，因為「義人必因信得生」（哈巴谷書2:4）
其實上帝讓約伯受苦難的目的，就是要向魔鬼誇勝，讓魔鬼知道苦難並不會讓敬畏上帝的人離棄上帝，反而會更堅定自己的信心，更願意信靠上帝而活，而不會離開上帝去作惡！也唯有這樣，約伯的受苦才有意義、才有價值！
從約伯的身上我們學習到，信靠上帝不是為了凡事亨通；而是要讓我們在不管任何的處境當中，都願意倚靠上帝，行在上帝的光中，不離棄上帝！正如約翰一書1章7節所說：「我們若在光明中行，如同上帝在光明中，就彼此相交，他兒子耶穌的血也洗淨我們一切的罪。」
這也是說，我們信靠主是要追求聖潔，與上帝的性情有分，遠離惡事，凡是敬畏上帝，不管在任何的景況，我們都要確信我們是活在上帝的榮光之中！上帝既然要保守我們直到那日，我們更是不可離開上帝，到那日必得上帝的榮耀，與基督同在榮耀之中！這就是約伯受苦中之所以可以忍受下去的重要原因！
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