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6:1  Job responded and said:
6:2  “If only my grief could be weighed and my calamity placed on the scales.
6:3  For it outweighs the sands of the sea; that is why my words have been rash.
6:4  For the arrows of Shaddai are in me, my spirit drinks in their poison; God’s terrors line up against me.
6:5  Does a wild donkey bray over fresh grass or an ox bellow over his fodder?
6:6  Is something bland eaten without salt, is there taste in the white of an egg?
6:7  My soul refuses to touch them; they are like sickening food to me.
6:8  Oh that my request would be realized, that God would grant my hope;
6:9  that God would be willing to crush me, to release His hand, and cut me off!
6:10  Then I would still be comforted, even rejoice in spite of unrelenting pain, for I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
6:11  “What is my strength, that I should hope? What is my end, that I should endure?
6:12  Is my strength the strength of rock? Is my flesh bronze?
6:13  Is there no help within me; has not success been banished from me?
6:14  “A despairing person should have the kindness of his friend, even if he forsakes the fear of Shaddai.
6:15  My brothers have acted deceptively, as a seasonal stream, as a torrential stream that overflows
6:16  when darkened by thawing ice, and obscured by snow,
6:17  but when they are scorched, they dry up, and in the heat, they vanish from their place.
6:18  Caravans turn aside from their course; they go up into the wasteland and perish.
6:19  The caravans of Tema looked intently, the travelers of Sheba hoped for them.
6:20  They were distressed because they had been confident; they came so far and were disappointed.
6:21  “Indeed, now you have become nothing; you see a terror and are afraid.
6:22  Have I ever said, ‘Give to me’ or ‘Pay a bribe for me from your wealth’
6:23  or ‘Save me from the enemy’s hand’ or ‘Redeem me from a ruthless hand’?
6:24  “Teach me, and I will be silent; explain to me how I have been wrong.
6:25  Honest words are painful, but what does your arguing prove?
6:26  Do you intend to correct my words, and treat the words of a despairing man as wind?
6:27  Would you cast lots for an orphan, and barter over your friend?
6:28  “Now be so kind as to look at me; I will not lie to your face.
6:29  Relent, do not be unjust; reconsider, for my righteousness is in it.
6:30  Is injustice on my tongue? Can my palate not discern evil?”