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Job 6 (CEV)

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¹ Job said: ² It's impossible to weigh my misery and grief! ³ They outweigh the sand along the beach, and that's why I have spoken without thinking first. ⁴ The fearsome arrows of God All-Powerful have filled my soul with their poison. ⁵ Do oxen and wild donkeys cry out in distress unless they are hungry? ⁶ What is food without salt? What is more tasteless than the white of an egg? ⁷ That's how my food tastes, and my appetite is gone. ⁸ How I wish that God would answer my prayer ⁹ and do away with me. ¹⁰ Then I would be comforted, knowing that in all of my pain I have never disobeyed God. ¹¹ Why should I patiently hope when my strength is gone? ¹² I am not strong as stone or bronze, ¹³ and I have finally reached the end of my rope. ¹⁴ My friends, I am desperate, and you should help me, even if I no longer respect God All-Powerful. ¹⁵ But you are treacherous ¹⁶ as streams that swell with melting snow, ¹⁷ then suddenly disappear in the summer heat. ¹⁸ I am like a caravan, lost in the desert while searching for water. ¹⁹ Caravans from Tema and Sheba ²⁰ thought they would find water. But they were disappointed, ²¹ just as I am with you. Only one look at my suffering, and you run away scared. ²² Have I ever asked any of you to give me a gift ²³ or to purchase my freedom from brutal enemies? ²⁴ What have I done wrong? Show me, and I will keep quiet. ²⁵ The truth is always painful, but your arguments prove nothing. ²⁶ Here I am desperate, and you consider my words as worthless as wind. ²⁷ Why, you would sell an orphan or your own neighbor! ²⁸ Look me straight in the eye; I won't lie to you. ²⁹ Stop accusing me falsely; my reputation is at stake. ³⁰ I know right from wrong, and I am not telling lies.