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6:1  Then Job answered:
6:2  “I wish my suffering could be weighed and all my trouble be put on the scales.
6:3  They would be heavier than all the sand of the sea! That is why my words are so crazy.
6:4  God All-Powerful has shot me with his arrows. My spirit feels their poison! God’s terrible weapons are lined up against me.
6:5  Even a wild donkey does not complain when it has grass to eat. And a cow is quiet when it has food.
6:6  Food without salt does not taste good, and the white of an egg has no taste.
6:7  I refuse to touch that kind of food; it makes me sick!
6:8  “I wish I could have what I ask for. I wish God would give me what I want.
6:9  I wish he would crush me— just go ahead and kill me!
6:10  Then I would be comforted by this one thing: Even through all this pain, I never refused to obey the commands of the Holy One.
6:11  “With my strength gone, I have no hope to go on living. With nothing to look forward to, why should I be patient?
6:12  I am not strong like a rock. My body is not made from bronze.
6:13  I don’t have the power to help myself, because all hope of success has been taken away from me.
6:14  “Friends should be loyal to you in times of trouble, even if you turn away from God All-Powerful.
6:15  But I cannot depend on you, my brothers. You are like a stream that has no water when the weather is dry but is flooded when the rains come.
6:16  In the winter, it is choked with ice and melting snow.
6:17  But when the weather is hot and dry, the water stops flowing, and the stream disappears.
6:18  It twists and turns along the way and then disappears into the desert.
6:19  Traders from Tema search for it. Travelers from Sheba hope to find it.
6:20  They are sure they can find water, but they will be disappointed.
6:21  Now, you are like those streams. You see my troubles and are afraid.
6:22  But have I ever asked you to help me? Did I ask you to offer a bribe for me from your wealth?
6:23  No, and I never said, ‘Save me from my enemies!’ or ‘Save me from those who are cruel!’
6:24  “So now, teach me, and I will be quiet. Show me what I have done wrong.
6:25  Honest words are powerful, but your arguments prove nothing.
6:26  Do you plan to criticize me? Will you speak more tiring words?
6:27  Are you the kind of people who would gamble for orphans and sell out your own friends?
6:28  Now, look me in the face, and see that I am telling the truth!
6:29  You need to start over and stop being so unfair! Think again, because I am innocent.
6:30  I am not lying. I know right from wrong.