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6:1  Then Job answered:
6:2  “I wish my suffering could be weighed and my misery put on scales.
6:3  My sadness would be heavier than the sand of the seas. No wonder my words seem careless.
6:4  The arrows of the Almighty are in me; my spirit drinks in their poison; God’s terrors are gathered against me.
6:5  A wild donkey does not bray when it has grass to eat, and an ox is quiet when it has feed.
6:6  Tasteless food is not eaten without salt, and there is no flavor in the white of an egg.
6:7  I refuse to touch it; such food makes me sick.
6:8  “How I wish that I might have what I ask for and that God would give me what I hope for.
6:9  How I wish God would crush me and reach out his hand to destroy me.
6:10  Then I would have this comfort and be glad even in this unending pain, because I would know I did not reject the words of the Holy One.
6:11  “I do not have the strength to wait. There is nothing to hope for, so why should I be patient?
6:12  I do not have the strength of stone; my flesh is not bronze.
6:13  I have no power to help myself, because success has been taken away from me.
6:14  “They say, ‘A person’s friends should be kind to him when he is in trouble, even if he stops fearing the Almighty.’
6:15  But my brothers cannot be counted on. They are like streams that do not always flow, streams that sometimes run over.
6:16  They are made dark by melting ice and rise with melting snow.
6:17  But they stop flowing in the dry season; they disappear when it is hot.
6:18  Travelers turn away from their paths and go into the desert and die.
6:19  The groups of travelers from Tema look for water, and the traders of Sheba look hopefully.
6:20  They are upset because they had been sure; when they arrive, they are disappointed.
6:21  You also have been no help. You see something terrible, and you are afraid.
6:22  I have never said, ‘Give me a gift. Use your wealth to pay my debt.
6:23  Save me from the enemy’s power. Buy me back from the clutches of cruel people.’
6:24  “Teach me, and I will be quiet. Show me where I have been wrong.
6:25  Honest words are painful, but your arguments prove nothing.
6:26  Do you mean to correct what I say? Will you treat the words of a troubled man as if they were only wind?
6:27  You would even gamble for orphans and would trade away your friend.
6:28  “But now please look at me. I would not lie to your face.
6:29  Change your mind; do not be unfair; think again, because my innocence is being questioned.
6:30  What I am saying is not wicked; I can tell the difference between right and wrong.