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Job 6 (AMP)

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¹ THEN JOB answered, ² Oh, that my impatience and vexation might be weighed and all my calamity be laid up over against them in the balances, one against the other ! ³ For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea; therefore my words have been rash and wild, ⁴ because the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison which my spirit drinks up; the terrors of God set themselves in array against me. ⁵ Does the wild ass bray when it has grass? Or does the ox low over its fodder? ⁶ Can that which has no taste to it be eaten without salt? Or is there any flavor in the white of an egg? ⁷ my soul refuses to touch! Such things are like diseased food to me ! ⁸ Oh, that I might have my request, and that God would grant me the thing that I long for! ⁹ I even wish that it would please God to crush me, that He would let loose His hand and cut me off! ¹⁰ Then would I still have consolation--yes, I would leap amid unsparing pain --that I have not concealed or denied the words of the Holy One! ¹¹ What strength have I left, that I should wait and hope? And what is ahead of me, that I should be patient? ¹² Is my strength and endurance that of stones? Or is my flesh made of bronze? ¹³ Is it not that I have no help in myself, and that wisdom is quite driven from me? ¹⁴ To him who is about to faint and despair, kindness is due from his friend, lest he forsake the fear of the Almighty. ¹⁵ my brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, as the channel of brooks that pass away, ¹⁶ Which are black and turbid by reason of the ice, and in which the snows hides itself; ¹⁷ When they get warm, they shrink and disappear; when it is hot, they vanish out of their place. ¹⁸ The caravans which travel by way of them turn aside; they go into the waste places and perish. ¹⁹ The caravans of Tema looked , the companies of Sheba waited for them . ²⁰ They were confounded because they had hoped ; they came there and were bitterly disappointed. ²¹ Now to me you are ; you see my dismay and terror, and you are afraid . ²² Did I ever say, Bring me a gift, or Pay a bribe on my account from your wealth ²³ To deliver me from the adversary's hand, or Redeem me from the hand of the oppressors? ²⁴ Teach me, and I will hold my peace; and cause me to understand wherein I have erred. ²⁵ How forcible are words of straightforward speech! But what does your arguing argue and prove or your reproof reprove? ²⁶ Do you imagine your words to be an argument, but the speeches of one who is desperate to be as wind? ²⁷ Yes, you would cast lots over the fatherless and bargain away your friend. ²⁸ Now be pleased to look upon me, that it may be evident to you if I lie . ²⁹ Return , I pray you, let there be no injustice; yes, return again , my vindication is in it. ³⁰ Is there wrong on my tongue? Cannot my taste discern what is destructive?