Job 6

MSTC^{(i) 1} Job answered, and said, ² "Oh that my misery were weighed, and my punishment laid in the balances: ³ For then should it be heavier than the sand of the sea. This is the cause, that my words are so sorrowful. ⁴ For the arrows of the almighty are in me, whose indignation hath drunk up my spirit, and the terrible fears of God fight against me. ⁵ Doth the wild ass roar when he hath grass? Or crieth the ox, when he hath fodder enough? ⁶ That which is unsavory, shalt it be eaten without salt, or is there any taste in the white of an egg? ⁷ The things that sometime I might not away withal, are now my meat for very sorrow. ⁸ "O that I might have my desire! O that God would grant me the thing, that I long for! ⁹ That he would begin and smite me: that he would let his hand go, and hew me down. ¹⁰ Then should I have some comfort: yea, I would desire him in my pain, that he should not spare, for I will not be against the words of the holy one. ¹¹ What power have I to endure? Or, what is mine end, that my soul might be patient? ¹² Is my strength the strength of stones? Or is my flesh made of brass? ¹³ Am I able to help my self? Is not my strength gone from me, ¹⁴ like as if one withdrew a good deed from his friend, and forsook the fear of the Almighty God? ¹⁵ Mine own brethren pass over by me, as the water brook that hastily runneth through the valleys. ¹⁶ But they that fear the hoarfrost, the snow shall fall upon them. ¹⁷ When their time cometh, they shall be destroyed and perish: and when they be set on fire, they shall be removed out of their place, ¹⁸ for the paths that they go in are crooked: they haste after vain things, and shall perish. ¹⁹ Consider the paths of Tema, and the ways of Sheba, wherein they have put their trust. ²⁰ Confounded are they that put any confidence in them: For when they came to obtain the things that they looked for, they were brought to confusion. ²¹ Even so are ye also come unto me: but now that ye see my misery, ye are afraid. ²² "Did I desire you to come hither? Or to give me any of your substance? ²³ To deliver me from the enemy's hand, or to save me from the power of the mighty? ²⁴ Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and wherein I have erred, cause me to understand. ²⁵ How steadfast are the words of truth! And which of you can rebuke or reprove them? ²⁶ Do ye take deliberacy to check men's sayings, and judge a poor word spoken in vain? ²⁷ Ye fall upon the fatherless, and go about to overthrow your own friend. ²⁸ Wherefore look not only upon me, but upon yourselves: whether I lie, or no. ²⁹ Turn into your own selves, I pray you: be indifferent judges, and consider my guiltlessness: ³⁰ whether there be any unrighteousness in my tongue, or vain words in my mouth.