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1 Then Job responded, Then Job answered and said: Then Job replied:
2 “Oh if only my grief were actually weighed And laid in the balances together with my disaster! “Oh that my vexation were weighed, and all my calamity laid in the balances! “If only my anguish could be weighed and all my misery be placed on the scales!
3 “For then it would be heavier than the sand of the seas; For that reason my words have been rash. For then it would be heavier than the sand of the sea; therefore my words have been rash. It would surely outweigh the sand of the seas— no wonder my words have been impetuous.
4 “For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, My spirit drinks their poison; The terrors of God line up against me. For the arrows of the Almighty are in me; my spirit drinks their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me. The arrows of the Almighty are in me, my spirit drinks in their poison; God’s terrors are marshaled against me.
5 “Does the wild donkey bray over his grass, Or does the ox low over his feed? Does the wild donkey bray when he has grass, or the ox low over his fodder? Does a wild donkey bray when it has grass, or an ox bellow when it has fodder?
6 “Can something tasteless be eaten without salt, Or is there any taste in the juice of an alkanet plant? Can that which is tasteless be eaten without salt, or is there any taste in the juice of the mallow? Is tasteless food eaten without salt, or is there flavor in the sap of the mallow?
7 “My soul refuses to touch them; They are like loathsome food to me. My appetite refuses to touch them; they are as food that is loathsome to me. I refuse to touch it; such food makes me ill.
8 “Oh, that my request might come to pass, And that God would grant my hope! “Oh that I might have my request, and that God would fulfill my hope, “Oh, that I might have my request, that God would grant what I hope for,
9 “Oh, that God would decide to crush me, That He would let loose His hand and cut me off! that it would please God to crush me, that he would let loose his hand and cut me off! that God would be willing to crush me, to let loose his hand and cut off my life!
10 “But it is still my comfort, And I rejoice in unsparing pain, That I have not denied the words of the Holy One. This would be my comfort; I would even exult in pain unsparing, for I have not denied the words of the Holy One. Then I would still have this consolation— my joy in unrelenting pain— that I had not denied the words of the Holy One.
11 “What is my strength, that I should wait? And what is my end, that I should endure? What is my strength, that I should wait? And what is my end, that I should be patient? “What strength do I have, that I should still hope? What prospects, that I should be patient?
12 “Is my strength the strength of stones, Or is my flesh bronze? Is my strength the strength of stones, or is my flesh bronze? Do I have the strength of stone? Is my flesh bronze?
13 “Is it that my help is not within me, And that a good outcome is driven away from me? Have I any help in me, when resource is driven from me? Do I have any power to help myself, now that success has been driven from me?
14 “For the despairing man there should be kindness from his friend; So that he does not abandon the fear of the Almighty. “He who withholds kindness from a friend forsakes the fear of the Almighty. “Anyone who withholds kindness from a friend forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
15 “My brothers have acted deceitfully like a wadi, Like the torrents of wadis which drain away, My brothers are treacherous as a torrent-bed, as torrential streams that pass away, But my brothers are as undependable as intermittent streams, as the streams that overflow
16 Which are darkened because of ice, And into which the snow melts. which are dark with ice, and where the snow hides itself. when darkened by thawing ice and swollen with melting snow,
17 “When they dry up, they vanish; When it is hot, they disappear from their place. When they melt, they disappear; when it is hot, they vanish from their place. but that stop flowing in the dry season, and in the heat vanish from their channels.
18 “The paths of their course wind along, They go up into wasteland and perish. The caravans turn aside from their course; they go up into the waste and perish. Caravans turn aside from their routes; they go off into the wasteland and perish.
19 “The caravans of Tema looked, The travelers of Sheba hoped for them. The caravans of Tema look, the travelers of Sheba hope. The caravans of Tema look for water, the traveling merchants of Sheba look in hope.
20 “They were put to shame, for they had trusted, They came there and were humiliated. They are ashamed because they were confident; they come there and are disappointed. They are distressed, because they had been confident; they arrive there, only to be disappointed.
21 “Indeed, you have now become such, You see terrors and are afraid. For you have now become nothing; you see my calamity and are afraid. Now you too have proved to be of no help; you see something dreadful and are afraid.
22 “Have I said, ‘Give me something,’ Or, ‘Offer a bribe for me from your wealth,’ Have I said, ‘Make me a gift’? Or, ‘From your wealth offer a bribe for me’? Have I ever said, ‘Give something on my behalf, pay a ransom for me from your wealth,
23 Or, ‘Save me from the hand of the enemy,’ Or, ‘Redeem me from the hand of the tyrants’? Or, ‘Deliver me from the adversary’s hand’? Or, ‘Redeem me from the hand of the ruthless’? deliver me from the hand of the enemy, rescue me from the clutches of the ruthless’?
24 “Teach me, and I will be silent; And show me how I have done wrong. “Teach me, and I will be silent; make me understand how I have gone astray. “Teach me, and I will be quiet; show me where I have been wrong.
25 “How painful are honest words! But what does your argument prove? How forceful are upright words! But what does reproof from you reprove? How painful are honest words! But what do your arguments prove?
26 “Do you intend to rebuke my words, When the words of one in despair belong to the wind? Do you think that you can reprove words, when the speech of a despairing man is wind? Do you mean to correct what I say, and treat my desperate words as wind?
27 “You would even cast lots for the orphans, And barter over your friend. You would even cast lots over the fatherless, and bargain over your friend. You would even cast lots for the fatherless and barter away your friend.
28 “Now please look at me, And see if I am lying to your face. “But now, be pleased to look at me, for I will not lie to your face. “But now be so kind as to look at me. Would I lie to your face?
29 “Please turn away, let there be no injustice; Turn away, my righteousness is still in it. Please turn; let no injustice be done. Turn now; my vindication is at stake. Relent, do not be unjust; reconsider, for my integrity is at stake.
30 “Is there injustice on my tongue? Does my palate not discern disasters? Is there any injustice on my tongue? Cannot my palate discern the cause of calamity? Is there any wickedness on my lips? Can my mouth not discern malice?
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