6Then Job replied:H347H6030H5592"If only my anguish could be weighed and all my misery be placed on the scales!H3863H3708H8254H8254H1942H1962H5375H3976H31623It would surely outweigh the sand of the seas--no wonder my words have been impetuous.H3513H2344H3220H1697H38864The arrows of the Almighty are in me, my spirit drinks in their poison; God's terrors are marshaled against me.H2671H7706H5978H2534H8354H7307H1161H433H61865Does a wild donkey bray when it has grass, or an ox bellow when it has fodder?H6501H5101H1877H1600H7794H10986Is tasteless food eaten without salt, or is there flavor in the white of an egg?H8602H398H4417H3426H2940H7388H24957I refuse to touch it; such food makes me ill.H5315H3985H5060H1741H38998"Oh, that I might have my request, that God would grant what I hope for,H935H7596H433H5414H86159that God would be willing to crush me, to let loose his hand and cut me off!H2974H433H1792H5425H3027H121410Then I would still have this consolation--my joy in unrelenting pain--that I had not denied the words of the Holy One.H5165H5539H2427H2550H3582H561H691811"What strength do I have, that I should still hope? What prospects, that I should be patient?H3581H3176H7093H748H531512Do I have the strength of stone? Is my flesh bronze?H3581H3581H68H1320H515313Do I have any power to help myself, now that success has been driven from me?H5833H8454H508014"A despairing man should have the devotion of his friends, even though he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.H4523H2617H7453H5800H3374H770615But my brothers are as undependable as intermittent streams, as the streams that overflowH251H898H5158H650H5158H567416when darkened by thawing ice and swollen with melting snow,H6937H7140H7950H595617but that cease to flow in the dry season, and in the heat vanish from their channels.H6256H2215H6789H2527H1846H472518Caravans turn aside from their routes; they go up into the wasteland and perish.H734H1870H3943H5927H8414H619The caravans of Tema look for water, the traveling merchants of Sheba look in hope.H734H8485H5027H1979H7614H696020They are distressed, because they had been confident; they arrive there, only to be disappointed.H954H982H935H265921Now you too have proved to be of no help; you see something dreadful and are afraid.H7200H2866H337222Have I ever said, 'Give something on my behalf, pay a ransom for me from your wealth,H559H3051H7809H358123deliver me from the hand of the enemy, ransom me from the clutches of the ruthless'?H4422H6862H3027H6299H3027H618424"Teach me, and I will be quiet; show me where I have been wrong.H3384H2790H995H768625How painful are honest words! But what do your arguments prove?H4834H3476H561H3198H319826Do you mean to correct what I say, and treat the words of a despairing man as wind?H2803H3198H4405H561H2976H730727You would even cast lots for the fatherless and barter away your friend.H5307H3490H3738H745328"But now be so kind as to look at me. Would I lie to your face?H2974H6437H6440H357629Relent, do not be unjust; reconsider, for my integrity is at stake.H7725H5766H7725H666430Is there any wickedness on my lips? Can my mouth not discern malice?H3426H5766H3956H2441H995H1942