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6:1  Then Job answered and said:
6:2  “Oh 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 donkey bray when he has grass, or the ox low over his fodder?
6:6  Can that which is tasteless be eaten without salt, or is there any taste in the juice of the mallow?
6:7  My appetite refuses to touch them; they are as food that is loathsome to me.
6:8  “Oh that I might have my request, and that God would fulfil my hope,
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 comfort; I would even exult in pain unsparing, 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  Have I any help in me, when resource is driven from me?
6:14  “He who withholds kindness from a friend forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
6:15  My brothers are treacherous as a torrent-bed, as torrential streams that pass away,
6:16  which are dark with ice, and where the snow hides itself.
6:17  When they melt, 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 travellers of Sheba hope.
6:20  They are ashamed because they were confident; they come there and are disappointed.
6:21  For you have now become nothing; 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, ‘Deliver me from the adversary's hand’? Or, ‘Redeem me from the hand of the ruthless’?
6:24  “Teach me, and I will be silent; make me understand how I have gone astray.
6:25  How forceful are upright words! But what does reproof from you reprove?
6:26  Do you think that you can reprove words, when the speech of a despairing man is wind?
6:27  You would even cast lots over the fatherless, 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  Please turn; let no injustice be done. Turn now; my vindication is at stake.
6:30  Is there any injustice on my tongue? Cannot my palate discern the cause of calamity?