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6:1  Then Job answered:
6:2  “O that my vexation were weighed and all my calamity laid in the balances!
6:3  For then it would be heavier than the sand of the sea; therefore my words have been rash.
6:4  For the arrows of the Almighty are in me; my spirit drinks their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me.
6:5  Does the wild ass bray over its grass or the ox low over its fodder?
6:6  Can that which is tasteless be eaten without salt, or is there any flavor in the juice of mallows?
6:7  My appetite refuses to touch them; they are like food that is loathsome to me.
6:8  “O that I might have my request and that God would grant my desire,
6:9  that it would please God to crush me, that he would let loose his hand and cut me off!
6:10  This would be my consolation; I would even exult in unrelenting pain, for I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
6:11  What is my strength, that I should wait? And what is my end, that I should be patient?
6:12  Is my strength the strength of stones, or is my flesh bronze?
6:13  In truth I have no help in me, and any resource is driven from me.
6:14  “Those who withhold kindness from a friend forsake the fear of the Almighty.
6:15  My companions are treacherous like a torrent bed, like swollen streams that pass away,
6:16  that run dark with ice, turbid with melting snow.
6:17  In time of heat they disappear; when it is hot, they vanish from their place.
6:18  The caravans turn aside from their course; they go up into the waste and perish.
6:19  The caravans of Tema look; the travelers of Sheba hope.
6:20  They are disappointed because they were confident; they come there and are confounded.
6:21  Such you have now become to me; you see my calamity and are afraid.
6:22  Have I said, ‘Make me a gift’? Or, ‘From your wealth offer a bribe for me’?
6:23  Or, ‘Save me from an opponent’s hand’? Or, ‘Ransom me from the hand of oppressors’?
6:24  “Teach me, and I will be silent; make me understand how I have gone wrong.
6:25  How forceful are honest words! But your reproof, what does it reprove?
6:26  Do you think that you can reprove words, as if the speech of the desperate were wind?
6:27  You would even cast lots over the orphan and bargain over your friend.
6:28  “But now, be pleased to look at me, for I will not lie to your face.
6:29  Turn, I pray; let no wrong be done. Turn now; my vindication is at stake.
6:30  Is there any wrong on my tongue? Cannot my taste discern calamity?