sf_leeser_rev1 Job:6-7 SEEK
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Then answered Job ,
and said ,
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Oh that my vexation could be truly weighed ,
and my calamity ;
oh that men might lift it up in the balances at once !
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For now it is already heavier than the sand of the sea :
therefore are my words confused .
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For the arrows of the Almighty are within me ,
the poison whereof my spirit drinketh it :
the terrors of God set themselves in array against me .
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Doth the wild ass bray over the grass ?
or loweth the ox over his fodder ?
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Is ever tasteless food eaten without salt ?
or is there any flavor in the white of an egg ?
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My soul refuseth to touch them :
they are unto me like disgusting food .
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Oh that some one would grant the accomplishment of my request ;
and that God would grant me the fulfillment of my hope !
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Yea ,
that it would please God that he might crush me :
that he would let loose his hand ,
and make an end of me !
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Then would this be still my comfort ;
yea ,
I would rejoice in my pain while be would not spare :
that I have not gainsaid the commands of the Holy One .
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What is my strength ,
that I should wait ?
and what my end ,
that I should yet longer retain my patience ?
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Is the strength of stones my strength ?
or is my flesh brazen ?
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Truly ,
am I not without my help in me ?
and is not wise counsel driven far away from me ?
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As though I were one who refuseth kindness to his friend ,
and forsaketh the fear of the Almighty :
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My brothers are treacherous as a brook ,
like flowing brooks they pass along ;
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Which are made turbid by reason of the ice ,
wherein the snow hideth itself ;
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At the time when they feel the warmth ,
they vanish ;
when it is hot ,
they are quenched out of their place .
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The paths of their course wind themselves along ;
they go in the wilderness and are lost .
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The caravans of Thema look hither ,
the travelling companies Sheba hope for them ;
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But they stand ashamed because they had trusted ;
they come thither and are made to blush .
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For truly now ye are like such a one :
ye see my terrible state and are afraid .
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Have I then ever said ,
Give me something ,
and out of your property offer a bribe in my behalf ?
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And deliver me from the hand of the adversary ?
and redeem from the hand of tyrants ?
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Teach me ,
and I will indeed remain silent ;
and wherein I erred give me to understand .
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How pleasant are straightforward words !
but what doth arguing prove ?
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Do ye think to reprove words ,
and as wind the speeches of one that is despairing ?
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Yea ,
ye would cast any thing upon the fatherless ,
and ye would dig a pit against your friend .
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But now ,
if it please you ,
turn yourselves toward me ,
and whether I would lie before your face .
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Reflect again ,
I pray you ,
there will be no wrong :
yea ,
reflect once more ,
my righteousness therein .
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Is there any wrong on my tongue ?
or should my palate not understand what is iniquitous ?
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Is there not a limited time of service to a mortal upon the earth ?
Are not his days also like the days of a hired laborer ?
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As a servant eagerly longeth for the shadow ,
and as a hired laborer hopeth for his reward :
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So was I compelled to possess months of vanity ,
and nights of trouble were counted out unto me .
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When I He down ,
I say ,
When shall I arise ,
and the night be gone ?
and I am wearied with tossings about till the dawn of day .
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My flesh is covered with worms and clods of dust :
my skin is burst open ,
and become loathsome .
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My days hasten away more swiftly than a weaver
s shuttle ,
and they come to an end in the absence of hope .
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Oh remember that nothing but a breath is my life ;
that my eye will not again see happiness ;
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The eye of him that seeth me now will not behold me again :
thy eyes upon me ,
and I am no more .
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As the cloud vanisheth and passeth away :
so will he that goeth down to the nether world not come up again .
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He will return no more to his house ,
and his place will not recognize him any more .
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Therefore will I also not restrain my mouth :
I will speak in the anguish of my spirit :
I will complain in the bitterness of my soul .
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Am I a sea ,
or a monster ,
that thou settest a watch over me ?
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For should I say ,
My bed shall comfort me ,
my couch shall help me bear my complaint :
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Then wouldst thou frighten me with dreams ,
and with visions wouldst thou terrify me ;
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So that my soul would choose strangling ,
death rather than these limbs of mine .
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I loathe it ;
I cannot live for ever :
let me alone ;
for my days are but nought .
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What is the mortal ,
that thou shouldst make him great ?
and that thou shouldst direct thy heart toward him ?
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And that thou shouldst visit him every morning ,
probe him every moment ?
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How long wilt thou not turn thy regard from me ,
nor let ;
me loose till I swallow down my spittle ?
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If I have sinned ,
what can I cause unto thee ,
O thou Guardian of men ?
why hast thou set me as an object for thee to strike at ,
so that I am become a burden to myself ?
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And why wilt thou not forgive my transgression ,
and let my iniquity pass away ?
for soon must I lie down in the dust ;
and thou wilt seek for me ,
but I shall be no more .
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Then answered Bildad the Shuchite ,
and said ,