Job 6

²“Oh that my anguish were weighed,

³For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas,

⁴For the arrows of the Almighty are within me.

⁵Does the wild donkey bray when he has grass?

⁶Can that which has no flavor be eaten without salt?

⁷My soul refuses to touch them.

⁸“Oh that I might have my request,

⁹even that it would please God to crush me;

¹⁰Let it still be my consolation,

¹¹What is my strength, that I should wait?

¹²Is my strength the strength of stones?

¹³Isn’t it that I have no help in me,

¹⁴“To him who is ready to faint, kindness should be shown from his friend;

¹⁵My brothers have dealt deceitfully as a brook,

¹⁶which are black by reason of the ice,

¹⁷In the dry season, they vanish.

¹⁸The caravans that travel beside them turn away.

¹⁹The caravans of Tema looked.

²⁰They were distressed because they were confident.

²¹For now you are nothing.

²²Did I ever say, ‘Give to me’?

²³or, ‘Deliver me from the adversary’s hand’?

²⁴“Teach me, and I will hold my peace.

²⁵How forcible are words of uprightness!

²⁶Do you intend to reprove words,

²⁷Yes, you would even cast lots for the fatherless,

²⁸Now therefore be pleased to look at me,

²⁹Please return.

³⁰Is there injustice on my tongue?