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6:1  But Job answered:
6:2  “Oh, that my grief were fully weighed, and my calamity laid with it on the scales!
6:3  For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea; therefore my words are stuck in my throat.
6:4  For the arrows of the Almighty are within me; my spirit drinks in their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me.
6:5  Does the wild donkey bray when he has grass? Or the ox bellow over his fodder?
6:6  Is tasteless food eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?
6:7  My soul refuses to touch them; they are like loathsome food to me.
6:8  “Oh, that I might have my request, and that God would grant me the thing that I long for!
6:9  That it would please God to crush me, that He would let loose His hand and cut me off!
6:10  Then I would still have comfort; I would revel in pain; it will not subside, for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.
6:11  “What strength do I have, that I should hope? And what is my end, that I should prolong my life?
6:12  Is my strength the strength of stones? Or is my flesh made of brass?
6:13  Is there no help within me? And is success banished from me?
6:14  “A despairing man should be shown kindness from his friend, or he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
6:15  My brothers have acted deceitfully like a riverbed, like the streams of the riverbeds that run dry;
6:16  which are dark because of the ice, and into which the snow disappears.
6:17  In time they are scorched; they vanish! When it is hot, they disappear from their place.
6:18  The caravans of their way turn aside; they go nowhere, and they perish.
6:19  The caravans of Tema looked, the travelers of Sheba hoped for them.
6:20  They were disappointed because they were confident; they arrived there and were dismayed.
6:21  For now you are nothing; you see terror and are afraid.
6:22  Did I say, ‘Give to me’? Or, ‘Out of your wealth, bribe me’?
6:23  Or, ‘Deliver me from the power of the enemy’? Or, ‘From the power of the oppressors, liberate me’?
6:24  “Teach me, and I will hold my tongue, and make me understand how I have erred.
6:25  How forceful are right words! But what does your arguing prove?
6:26  Do you mean to correct my words, and treat my desperate words as wind?
6:27  Yes, you cast lots for the fatherless, and you bargain over your friend.
6:28  “And now, please give me your attention, for surely I will not lie to you.
6:29  Turn, I pray, let there be no injustice! Yes, turn again, my righteousness still stands!
6:30  Is there injustice on my tongue? Cannot my taste discern pernicious things?