6Then Job answered:H347H6030H5592If only my grief could be weighed and my devastation placed with it on a scale.H3863H3708H8254H8254H1942H1962H5375H3976H31623For then it would outweigh the sand of the seas! That is why my words are rash.H3513H2344H3220H1697H38864Surely the arrows of the Almighty have pierced me; my spirit drinks their poison. God's terrors are arrayed against me.H2671H7706H5978H2534H8354H7307H1161H433H61865Does a wild donkey bray over fresh grass or an ox low over its fodder?H6501H5101H1877H1600H7794H10986Is bland food eaten without salt? Is there flavor in an egg white?H8602H398H4417H3426H2940H7388H24957I refuse to touch [them]; they are like contaminated food.H5315H3985H5060H1741H38998If only my request would be granted and God would provide what I hope for:H935H7596H433H5414H86159that He would decide to crush me, to unleash His power and cut me off!H2974H433H1792H5425H3027H121410It 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.H5165H5539H2427H2550H3582H561H691811What strength do I have that I should continue to hope? What is my future, that I should be patient?H3581H3176H7093H748H531512Is my strength that of stone, or my flesh made of bronze?H3581H3581H68H1320H515313Since I cannot help myself, [the hope for] success has been banished from me.H5833H8454H508014A despairing man should receive loyalty from his friends, even if he abandons the fear of the Almighty.H4523H2617H7453H5800H3374H770615My brothers are as treacherous as a wadi, as seasonal streams that overflowH251H898H5158H650H5158H567416and become darkened because of ice, and the snow melts into them.H6937H7140H7950H595617The wadis evaporate in warm weather; they disappear from their channels in hot weather.H6256H2215H6789H2527H1846H472518Caravans turn away from their routes, go up into the desert, and perish.H734H1870H3943H5927H8414H619The caravans of Tema look [for these streams]. The traveling merchants of Sheba hope for them.H734H8485H5027H1979H7614H696020They are ashamed because they had been confident [of finding water]. When they arrive there, they are frustrated.H954H982H935H265921So [this] is what you have now become [to me]. When you see something dreadful, you are afraid.H7200H2866H337222Have I ever said: Give me [something] or Pay a bribe for me from your wealthH559H3051H7809H358123or Deliver me from the enemy's power or Redeem me from the grasp of the ruthless?H4422H6862H3027H6299H3027H618424Teach me, and I will be silent. Help me understand what I did wrong.H3384H2790H995H768625How painful honest words can be! But what does your rebuke prove?H4834H3476H561H3198H319826Do you think that you can disprove [my] words or that a despairing man's words are [mere] wind?H2803H3198H4405H561H2976H730727No doubt you would cast [lots] for a fatherless child and negotiate a price to [sell] your friend.H5307H3490H3738H745328But now, please look at me; would I lie to your face?H2974H6437H6440H357629Reconsider; don't be unjust. Reconsider; my righteousness is still the issue.H7725H5766H7725H666430Am I lying, or can I not recognize lies?H3426H5766H3956H2441H995H1942