6:3 They would weigh more than the sand of the seas. My words have been spoken fast and without thought.
6:4 For the arrows of the All-powerful are in me. My spirit drinks their poison. The hard things from God are like an army against me.
6:5 Does the wild donkey make noise when it has grass? Or does the bull make noise when it has food?
6:6 Can something that has no taste be eaten without salt? Is there any taste in the white of an egg?
6:7 My soul will not touch them. They are like hated food to me.
6:8 “If only I might get what I ask for, and that God would give me what I desire!
6:9 If only God were willing to crush me, that He would let His hand loose and destroy me!
6:10 But this gives me comfort even though I suffer much pain because I have not turned away from the words of the Holy One.
6:11 What strength have I, that I should wait? What is my end, that I should not give up?
6:12 Do I have the strength of stones? Is my flesh brass?
6:13 I have no power to help myself, and a way out is far from me.
6:14 “Kindness from a friend should be shown to a man without hope, or he might turn away from the fear of the All-powerful.
6:15 My brothers have been like rivers that are not there when needed.
6:16 They are dark because of ice and snow turning into water.
6:17 When they have no water, there is no noise. When it is hot, they are not there.
6:18 The people on their camels turn away from them. They go into the waste places and die.
6:19 The people and camels of Tema looked. The travelers of Sheba hoped for them.
6:20 They were troubled for they had trusted. They came there and their hope goes.
6:21 Yes, this is how you have been. You see my trouble and are afraid.
6:22 Have I said, ‘Give me something,’ or, ‘Pay something from your riches to help me’?
6:23 Have I said, ‘Take me out from under the power of the one who hates me,’ or, ‘Save me from those who make it hard for me’?
6:24 “Teach me, and I will be quiet. Show me where I have been wrong.
6:25 Honest words give pain. But what does your arguing prove?
6:26 Do you think you can speak against my words, and act as if the words of a man without hope are wind?
6:27 You would even draw names over those who have no father, and make trades over your friend.
6:28 Now be pleased to look at me, and see if I lie to your face.
6:29 I ask that you change your minds and let no wrong be done. Stop now, for I am still right and good.
6:30 Is there wrong-doing on my tongue? Can I not taste trouble?
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