      | ¶ | But Job answered and said, | |
 | Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together! | ||
| For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up. | ||
| For the arrows of the Almighty [are] within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me. | ||
| Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder? | ||
| Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? or is there [any] taste in the white of an egg? | ||
| The things [that] my soul refused to touch [are] as my sorrowful meat. | ||
| ¶ | Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant [me] the thing that I long for! | |
| Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off! | ||
| Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One. | ||
| What [is] my strength, that I should hope? and what [is] mine end, that I should prolong my life? | ||
| [Is] my strength the strength of stones? or [is] my flesh of brass? | ||
| [Is] not my help in me? and is wisdom driven quite from me? | ||
| ¶ | To him that is afflicted pity [should be shewed] from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty. | |
| My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, [and] as the stream of brooks they pass away; | ||
| Which are blackish by reason of the ice, [and] wherein the snow is hid: | ||
| What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place. | ||
| The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and perish. | ||
 | The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them. | ||
| They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed. | ||
| For now ye are nothing; ye see [my] casting down, and are afraid. | ||
| Did I say, Bring unto me? or, Give a reward for me of your substance? | ||
| Or, Deliver me from the enemy's hand? or, Redeem me from the hand of the mighty? | ||
| ¶ | Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred. | |
| How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove? | ||
| Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, [which are] as wind? | ||
| Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig [a pit] for your friend. | ||
| Now therefore be content, look upon me; for [it is] evident unto you if I lie. | ||
| Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my righteousness [is] in it. | ||
| Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things? |
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Job - Chapter 6
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