Job, Chapter 6
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Then Job answered and said,
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Oh that my vexation were but weighed,And all my calamity laid in the balances!
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For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas:Therefore my words have been rash.
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For the arrows of the Almighty are inside me,The poison of which my spirit drinks up:The terrors of God set themselves in array against me.
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Does the wild donkey bray when he has grass?Or does the ox low over his fodder?
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Can that which has no savor be eaten without salt?Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?
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My soul refuses to touch [them];They are as loathsome food to me.
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Oh that I might have my request;And that God would grant [me] the thing that I long for!
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Even that it would please God to crush me;That he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!
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And be it still my consolation,Yes, let me exult in pain that does not spare,That I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
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What is my strength, that I should wait?And what is my end, that my soul should be patient?
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Is my strength the strength of stones?Or is my flesh of bronze?
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Is it not that I have no help in me,And that wisdom is driven quite from me?
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To him who is ready to faint, kindness [should be shown] from his friend;Even to him who forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
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My brothers have betrayed as a wadi,As a channel of wadis, they pass away;
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Which are black by reason of the ice,[And] in which the snow hides itself:
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What time they wax warm, they vanish;When it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.
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The caravans [that travel] by the way of them turn aside;They go up into the waste, and perish.
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The caravans of Tema looked,The companies of Sheba waited for them.
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They were put to shame because they had hoped;They came there, and were confounded.
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For now you⁺ are nothing;You⁺ see a terror, and are afraid.
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Did I say, Give to me?Or, Offer a present for me of your⁺ substance?
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Or, Deliver me from the adversary's hand?Or, Redeem me from the hand of the oppressors?
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Teach me, and I will hold my peace;And cause me to understand in what I have erred.
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How forcible are words of uprightness!But your⁺ reproof, what does it reprove?
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Do you⁺ think to reprove words,Seeing that the speeches of one who is desperate are as wind?
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Yes, you⁺ would cast [lots] on the fatherless,And make merchandise of your⁺ companion.
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Now therefore be pleased to look at me;For surely I will not lie to your⁺ face.
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Return, I pray you⁺, let there be no injustice;Yes, return again, my cause is righteous.
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Is there injustice on my tongue?Can't my taste discern mischievous things?