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6:1  Then Job answered and said:
6:2  Ah, could my anguish but be measured and my calamity laid with it in the scales,
6:3  They would now outweigh the sands of the sea! Because of this I speak without restraint.
6:4  For the arrows of the Almighty are in me, and my spirit drinks in their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me.
6:5  Does the wild donkey bray when it has grass? Does the ox low over its fodder?
6:6  Can anything insipid be eaten without salt? Is there flavor in the white of an egg?
6:7  I refuse to touch them; they are like loathsome food to me.
6:8  Oh, that I might have my request, and that God would grant what I long for:
6:9  Even that God would decide to crush me, that he would put forth his hand and cut me off!
6:10  Then I should still have consolation and could exult through unremitting pain, because I have not transgressed the commands of the Holy One.
6:11  What strength have I that I should endure, and what is my limit that I should be patient?
6:12  Have I the strength of stones, or is my flesh of bronze?
6:13  Have I no helper, and has my good sense deserted me?
6:14  A friend owes kindness to one in despair, though he has forsaken the fear of the Almighty.
6:15  My companions are undependable as a wadi, as watercourses that run dry in the wadies;
6:16  Though they may be black with ice, and with snow heaped upon them,
6:17  Yet once they flow, they cease to be; in the heat, they disappear from their place.
6:18  Caravans wander from their routes; they go into the wasteland and perish.
6:19  The caravans of Tema search, the companies of Sheba have hopes;
6:20  They are disappointed, though they were confident; they come there and are frustrated.
6:21  It is thus that you have now become for me; you see a terrifying thing and are afraid.
6:22  Have I said, “Give me something, make a bribe on my behalf from your possessions”?
6:23  Or “Deliver me from the hand of the enemy, redeem me from oppressors”?
6:24  Teach me, and I will be silent; make me understand how I have erred.
6:25  How painful honest words can be; yet how unconvincing is your argument!
6:26  Do you consider your words as proof, but the sayings of a desperate man as wind?
6:27  You would even cast lots for the orphan, and would barter over your friend!
6:28  Come, now, give me your attention; surely I will not lie to your face.
6:29  Think it over; let there be no injustice. Think it over; I still am right.
6:30  Is there insincerity on my tongue, or cannot my taste discern falsehood?