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1 - Then Job answered and said,

2 - Oh that my vexation were but weighed, And all my calamity laid in the balances!

3 - For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas: Therefore have my words been rash.

4 - For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, The poison whereof my spirit drinketh up: The terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.

5 - Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? Or loweth the ox over his fodder?

6 - Can that which hath no savor be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?

7 - My soul refuseth to touch them; They are as loathsome food to me.

8 - Oh that I might have my request; And that God would grantmethe thing that I long for!

9 - Even that it would please God to crush me; That he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!

10 - And be it still my consolation, Yea, let me exult in pain that spareth not, That I have not denied the words of the Holy One.

11 - What is my strength, that I should wait? And what is mine end, that I should be patient?

12 - Is my strength the strength of stones? Or is my flesh of brass?

13 - Is it not that I have no help in me, And that wisdom is driven quite from me?

14 - To him that is ready to faint kindness should be showed from his friend; Even to him that forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.

15 - My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, As the channel of brooks that pass away;

16 - Which are black by reason of the ice, And wherein the snow hideth itself:

17 - What time they wax warm, they vanish; When it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.

18 - The caravansthat travelby the way of them turn aside; They go up into the waste, and perish.

19 - The caravans of Tema looked, The companies of Sheba waited for them.

20 - They were put to shame because they had hoped; They came thither, and were confounded.

21 - For now ye are nothing; Ye see a terror, and are afraid.

22 - Did I say, Give unto me? Or, Offer a present for me of your substance?

23 - Or, Deliver me from the adversary’s hand? Or, Redeem me from the hand of the oppressors?

24 - Teach me, and I will hold my peace; And cause me to understand wherein I have erred.

25 - How forcible are words of uprightness! But your reproof, what doth it reprove?

26 - Do ye think to reprove words, Seeing that the speeches of one that is desperate are as wind?

27 - Yea, ye would castlotsupon the fatherless, And make merchandise of your friend.

28 - Now therefore be pleased to look upon me; For surely I shall not lie to your face.

29 - Return, I pray you, let there be no injustice; Yea, return again, my cause is righteous.

30 - Is there injustice on my tongue? Cannot my taste discern mischievous things?