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6:1  Then Job answered and said,
6:2  “Oh that my vexation were actually weighed And laid in the balances together with my destruction!
6:3  For then it would be heavier than the sand of the seas; Therefore my words have been rash.
6:4  For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, Their poison my spirit drinks; The horrors of God are arranged against me.
6:5  Does the wild donkey bray over his grass, Or does the ox low over his fodder?
6:6  Can something tasteless be eaten without salt, Or is there any taste in the slime of a yolk?
6:7  My soul refuses to touch them; They are like loathsome food to me.
6:8  “Oh that my request might come to pass, And that God would grant my hope!
6:9  Would that God were willing to crush me, That He would release His hand and cut me off!
6:10  But it is still my comfort, And I rejoice in unsparing pain, That I have not at all hidden away the words of the Holy One.
6:11  What is my strength, that I should wait? And what is my end, that I should endure?
6:12  Is my strength the strength of stones, Or is my flesh bronze?
6:13  Is it that there is no help within me, And that the success of sound wisdom is driven from me?
6:14  “For the despairing man lovingkindness should be from his friend; But he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
6:15  My brothers have betrayed me like a wadi, Like the torrents of wadis which pass away,
6:16  Which grow dark because of ice And upon which the snow hides itself.
6:17  When they become waterless, they are silent; When it is hot, they vanish from their place.
6:18  The paths of their course wind along; They go up into a formless place and perish.
6:19  The caravans of Tema looked; The travelers of Sheba hoped for them.
6:20  They were ashamed for they had trusted; They came there and were humiliated.
6:21  Indeed, you have now become such; You see a terror and are afraid.
6:22  Have I said, ‘Give me something,’ Or, ‘Offer a bribe for me from your wealth,’
6:23  Or, ‘Give me escape from the hand of the adversary,’ Or, ‘Redeem me from the hand of the ruthless men’?
6:24  “Instruct me, and I will be silent; And cause me to understand how I have erred.
6:25  How painful are upright words! But what does your reproof prove?
6:26  Do you think to reprove my words, Or think of the words of one in despair as wind?
6:27  You would even cast lots for the orphans And bargain over your friend.
6:28  So now be willing to face me, And see if I lie to your face.
6:29  Now turn from this, let there be no unrighteousness; Even turn from this, my righteousness is yet in it.
6:30  Is there unrighteousness on my tongue? Cannot my palate discern destruction?