Job:6

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* Then Job answered : * "O that my vexation were weighed , and all my calamity laid in the balances ! * For then it would be heavier than the sand of the sea ; therefore my words have been rash . * For the arrows of the Almighty are in me ; my spirit drinks their poison ; the terrors of God are arrayed against me . * Does the wild ass bray when he has grass , or the ox low over his fodder ? * Can that which is tasteless be eaten without salt , or is there any taste in the slime of the purslane ? * My appetite refuses to touch them ; they are as food that is loathsome to me . * "O that I might have my request , and that God would grant my desire ; * that it would please God to crush me , that he would let loose his hand and cut me off ! * This would be my consolation ; I would even exult in pain unsparing ; for 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 bronze ? * In truth I have no help in me , and any resource is driven from me . * "He who withholds kindness from a friend forsakes the fear of the Almighty . * My brethren are treacherous as a torrent-bed , as freshets that pass away , * which are dark with ice , and where the snow hides itself . * In time of heat they disappear ; when it is hot , they vanish from their place . * The caravans turn aside from their course ; they go up into the waste , and perish . * The caravans of Tema look , the travelers of Sheba hope . * They are disappointed because they were confident ; they come thither and are confounded . * Such you have now become to me ; you see my calamity , and are afraid . * Have I said , `Make me a gift '? Or , `From your wealth offer a bribe for me '? * Or , `y 's hand '? Or , `ppressors '? * "Teach me , and I will be silent ; make me understand how I have erred . * How forceful are honest words ! But what does reproof from you reprove ? * Do you think that you can reprove words , when the speech of a despairing man is wind ? * You would even cast lots over the fatherless , and bargain over your friend . * "But now , be pleased to look at me ; for I will not lie to your face . * Turn , I pray , let no wrong be done . Turn now , my vindication is at stake . * Is there any wrong on my tongue ? Cannot my taste discern calamity ?

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