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1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1Then Job answered: |
2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2If only my grief could be weighed and my devastation placed with it on the scales. |
3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3For then it would outweigh the sand of the seas! That is why my words are rash. |
4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4Surely the arrows of the Almighty have pierced me; my spirit drinks their poison. God's terrors are arrayed against me. |
5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5Does a wild donkey bray over fresh grass or an ox low over its fodder? |
6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6Is bland food eaten without salt? Is there flavor in an egg white? |
7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7I refuse to touch them; they are like contaminated food. |
8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8If only my request would be granted and God would provide what I hope for: |
9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9that he would decide to crush me, to unleash his power and cut me off! |
10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10It would still bring me comfort, and I would leap for joy in unrelenting pain that I have not denied the words of the Holy One. |
11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11What strength do I have, that I should continue to hope? What is my future, that I should be patient? |
12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12Is my strength that of stone, or my flesh made of bronze? |
13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13Since I cannot help myself, the hope for success has been banished from me. |
14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14A despairing man should receive loyalty from his friends, even if he abandons the fear of the Almighty. |
15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15My brothers are as treacherous as a wadi, as seasonal streams that overflow |
16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16and become darkened because of ice, and the snow melts into them. |
17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17The wadis evaporate in warm weather; they disappear from their channels in hot weather. |
18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18Caravans turn away from their routes, go up into the desert, and perish. |
19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19The caravans of Tema look for these streams. The traveling merchants of Sheba hope for them. |
20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20They are ashamed because they had been confident of finding water. When they arrive there, they are disappointed. |
21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21So this is what you have now become to me. When you see something dreadful, you are afraid. |
22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22Have I ever said: "Give me something" or "Pay a bribe for me from your wealth" |
23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23or "Deliver me from the enemy's hand" or "Redeem me from the hand of the ruthless"? |
24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24Teach me, and I will be silent. Help me understand what I did wrong. |
25[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 25How painful honest words can be! But what does your rebuke prove? |
26[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 26Do you think that you can disprove my words or that a despairing man's words are mere wind? |
27[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 27No doubt you would cast lots for a fatherless child and negotiate a price to sell your friend. |
28[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 28But now, please look at me; I will not lie to your face. |
29[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 29Reconsider; don't be unjust. Reconsider; my righteousness is still the issue. |
30[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 30Is there injustice on my tongue or can my palate not taste disaster? |
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