Job:6

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* Then Job answered and said , * O that my grief were but weighed , and all my calamity laid in the balances ! * For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas . Therefore my words have been rash . * For the arrows of the Almighty are within me , the poison of which my spirit drinks up . The terrors of God set themselves in array against me . * Does the wild donkey bray when he has grass ? Or the ox moo over his fodder ? * Can that which has no savor be eaten without salt ? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg ? * My soul refuses to touch [them ]. They are as loathsome food to me . * O 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 crush me , that he would let loose his hand , and cut me off ! * And be it still my consolation , yea , let me exult (in pain that does not spare ), that I have not denied the words of the Holy One . * What is my strength that I should wait ? And what is my end that I should be patient ? * Is my strength the strength of stones ? Or is my flesh of brass ? * Is it not that I have no help in me , and that wisdom is driven quite from me ? * To him who is ready to faint , kindness [should be ] from his friend , even to him who forsakes the fear of the Almighty . * My brothers have dealt deceitfully as a brook , as the channel of brooks that pass away , * which are black because of the ice , in which the snow hides itself . * What time they grow warm , they vanish . When it is hot , they are consumed out of their place . * The caravans [that travel ] by the way of them turn aside . They go up into the waste , and perish . * The caravans of Tema looked , the companies of Sheba waited for them . * They were put to shame because they had hoped . They came there , and were confounded . * For now ye are nothing . Ye see a terror , and are afraid . * Did I say , Give to me ? Or , Offer a present for me from your substance ? * Or , Deliver me from the adversary 's hand ? Or , Redeem me from the hand of the oppressors ? * Teach me , and I will be quiet . And cause me to understand how I have erred . * How forcible are words of uprightness ! But your reproof , what does it reprove ? * Do ye think to reprove words , seeing that the speeches of a man who is desperate are as wind ? * Yea , ye would cast [lots ] upon the fatherless , and make merchandise of your friend . * Now therefore be pleased to look upon me , for truly I shall not lie to your face . * Return , I pray you , let there be no injustice . Yea , return again , my cause is righteous . * Is there injustice on my tongue ? Cannot my taste discern mischievous things ?

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