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1 - But Job answered and said,

2 - Oh that my grief were thoroughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!

3 - For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up.

4 - For the arrows of the Almighty [are] within me, the poison of which drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God 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 is unsavory be eaten without salt? or is there [any] taste in the white of an egg?

7 - The things [that] my soul refused to touch [are] as my sorrowful food.

8 - Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant [me] the thing that I long for!

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

10 - Then should I yet have comfort; yes, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.

11 - What [is] my strength, that I should hope? and what [is] my end, that I should prolong my life?

12 - [Is] my strength the strength of stones? or [is] my flesh of brass?

13 - [Is] not my help in me? and is wisdom driven quite from me?

14 - To him that is afflicted pity [should be shown] from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.

15 - My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, [and] as the stream of brooks they pass away;

16 - Which are blackish by reason of the ice, [and] in which the snow is hid:

17 - In the time when they become warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.

18 - The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and perish.

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

20 - They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed.

21 - For now ye are nothing: ye see [my] casting down, and are afraid.

22 - Did I say, Bring to me? or Give a reward for me of your substance?

23 - Or, Deliver me from the enemy's hand? or, Redeem me from the hand of the mighty?

24 - Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand in what I have erred.

25 - How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove?

26 - Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, [which are] as wind?

27 - Yes, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig [a pit] for your friend.

28 - Now therefore be content, look upon me; for [it is] evident to you if I lie.

29 - Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yes, return again, my righteousness [is] in it.

30 - Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things?