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Job

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Chapter 6

¹Then Job answered and said: ²“Oh that my vexation were weighed, and all my calamity laid in the balances! ³For then it would be heavier than the sand of the sea; therefore my words have been rash. ⁴For the arrows of the Almighty are in me; my spirit drinks their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me. ⁵Does the wild donkey bray when he has grass, or the ox low over his fodder? ⁶Can that which is tasteless be eaten without salt, or is there any flavor in the juice of the mallow? ⁷My appetite refuses to touch them; they are as food that is loathsome to me. ⁸“Oh that I might have my request, and that God would fulfill my hope— ⁹that it would please God to crush me, that he would loose his hand and cut me off! ¹⁰This would be my comfort; I would even exult in pain unsparing, for I have not denied the words of the Holy One. ¹¹What is my strength, that I should wait? And what is my end, that I should be patient? ¹²Is my strength the strength of stones, or is my flesh bronze? ¹³Have I any help in me, when resource is driven from me? ¹⁴“He who withholds kindness from a friend forsakes the fear of the Almighty. ¹⁵My brothers are treacherous as a torrent, as the channels of torrents that pass away, ¹⁶which are dark with ice, and where the snow hides itself. ¹⁷When they melt, they disappear; when it is hot, they vanish from their place. ¹⁸The caravans turn aside from their course; they go up into the waste and perish. ¹⁹The caravans of Tema look, the travelers of Sheba hope. ²⁰They are ashamed because they had hoped; they come to it and are disappointed. ²¹For you have now become nothing; you see my calamity and are afraid. ²²Have I said, ‘Make me a gift’? Or, ‘From your wealth offer a bribe for me’? ²³Or, ‘Deliver me from the hand of the adversary’? Or, ‘Redeem me from the hand of oppressors’? ²⁴“Teach me, and I will be silent; make me understand how I have erred. ²⁵How forceful are honest words! But what does your arguing prove? ²⁶Do you intend to rebuke my words, and as wind the speeches of a desperate man? ²⁷You would even cast lots over the fatherless, and bargain over your friend. ²⁸“But now, be pleased to look at me, for I will not lie to your face. ²⁹Turn, I pray, let no injustice be done. Turn, I pray, my vindication is at stake. ³⁰Is there any injustice on my tongue? Cannot my palate discern the evil?