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6:1  Then Job answered:
6:2  “I wish my suffering could be weighed. And I wish my misery could be put on the scales.
6:3  My sadness would be heavier than the sand of the seas. No wonder my words seem careless.
6:4  The arrows of God All-Powerful are in me. My spirit drinks in their poison. God’s terrors are gathered against me.
6:5  A wild donkey does not bray when it has grass to eat. An ox is quiet when it has feed.
6:6  Tasteless food is not eaten without salt. There is no flavor in the white part of an egg.
6:7  I refuse to touch it. Such food makes me sick.
6:8  “How I wish I might have what I ask for. How I wish God would give me what I hope for.
6:9  I wish God would be willing to crush me and reach out his hand to destroy me.
6:10  Then I would have this comfort. I would be glad even in this unending pain. I would know I did not reject the words of the Holy One.
6:11  “I do not have the strength to wait. There is nothing to hope for so how can I be patient?
6:12  I do not have the strength of stone. My flesh is not bronze.
6:13  I have no power to help myself. This is because success has been taken away from me.
6:14  “They say, ‘A man’s friends should be kind to him when he is in trouble. This should be done even if he stops fearing God All-Powerful.’
6:15  But my brothers cannot be counted on. They are like streams that do not flow regularly, streams that sometimes run over.
6:16  They are like streams made dark by melting ice, that rise with melting snow.
6:17  But they stop flowing when it is the dry season. They go away when it is hot.
6:18  Groups of travelers turn away from their paths. They go into the desert and die.
6:19  The groups of travelers from Tema look for water. The traders of Sheba who travel look hopefully.
6:20  They are upset because they had been sure. But when they arrive, they are disappointed.
6:21  You also have been no help. You see something terrible, and you are afraid.
6:22  I have never said, ‘Give me a gift. Use your wealth to pay my debt.
6:23  Save me from the enemy’s power. Buy me back from the clutches of cruel people.’
6:24  “Teach me, and I will be quiet. Show me where I have been wrong.
6:25  Honest words are painful! But your arguments prove nothing.
6:26  Do you mean to correct what I say? Will you treat the words of a troubled man as if they were only wind?
6:27  You would even throw lots for orphans. And you would trade away your friend.
6:28  “But now please look at me. I would not lie to your face.
6:29  Change your mind. Do not be unfair. Think again, because my innocence is being questioned.
6:30  What I am saying is not wicked. I can tell the difference between right and wrong.