Job 6
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- 1Then Job answered and said:
- 2"If only my grief could be thoroughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!
- 3For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea — therefore my words have been swallowed up.
- 4For the arrows of the Almighty are within me; their poison drinks up my spirit. The terrors of God set themselves in array against me.
- 5Does the wild donkey bray when it has grass? Or does the ox low over its fodder?
- 6Can that which is tasteless be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?
- 7The things that my soul refused to touch are like my sorrowful food.
- 8If only I might have my request, and that God would grant me the thing that I long for!
- 9That it would please God to destroy me, that he would let loose his hand and cut me off!
- 10Then I would still have comfort; yes, I would harden myself in sorrow — let him not spare, for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.
- 11What is my strength, that I should hope? And what is my end, that I should prolong my life?
- 12Is my strength the strength of stones? Or is my flesh of brass?
- 13Is my help not within me? And is wisdom driven entirely from me?
- 14To him that is afflicted, pity should be shown from his friend; but he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
- 15My brothers have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away;
- 16which are dark by reason of the ice, and in which the snow is hid.
- 17In the time they grow warm, they vanish; when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.
- 18The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing and perish.
- 19The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them.
- 20They were confounded because they had hoped; they came there and were ashamed.
- 21For now you are nothing; you see my casting down and are afraid.
- 22Did I say, 'Bring to me'? Or, 'Give a reward for me from your substance'?
- 23Or, 'Deliver me from the enemy's hand'? Or, 'Redeem me from the hand of the mighty'?
- 24Teach me, and I will hold my tongue; and cause me to understand where I have erred.
- 25How forcible are right words! But what does your arguing reprove?
- 26Do you intend to criticize words and the speeches of someone who is desperate, which are like the wind?
- 27Yes, you overwhelm the fatherless, and you dig a pit for your friend.
- 28Now therefore be content, look upon me; for it is evident to you if I lie.
- 29Return, I ask you, let it not be iniquity; yes, return again, my righteousness is in it.
- 30Is there iniquity in my tongue? Cannot my taste discern perverse things?