Then Job{H347} answered{H6030} and said,{H559}

Oh that{H3863} my vexation{H3708} were but{H8254} weighed,{H8254} And all my calamity{H1942} laid{H5375} in{H3162} the balances!{H3976}

For now it would be heavier{H3513} than the sand{H2344} of the seas:{H3220} Therefore have my words{H1697} been rash.{H3886}

For the arrows{H2671} of the Almighty{H7706} are within{H5978} me, The poison{H2534} whereof my spirit{H7307} drinketh up:{H8354} The terrors{H1161} of God{H433} do set themselves in array{H6186} against me.

Doth the wild ass{H6501} bray{H5101} when he hath grass?{H1877} Or loweth{H1600} the ox{H7794} over his fodder?{H1098}

Can that which hath no savor{H8602} be eaten{H398} without salt?{H4417} Or is there{H3426} any taste{H2940} in the white{H7388} of an egg?{H2495}

My soul{H5315} refuseth{H3985} to touch{H5060} [them]; They are as loathsome{H1741} food{H3899} to me.

Oh that I might have{H935} my request;{H7596} And that God{H433} would grant{H5414} [me] the thing that I long for!{H8615}

Even that it would please{H2974} God{H433} to crush{H1792} me; That he would let loose{H5425} his hand,{H3027} and cut me off!{H1214}

And be it still my consolation,{H5165} Yea, let me exult{H5539} in pain{H2427} that spareth{H2550} not, That I have not denied{H3582} the words{H561} of the Holy One.{H6918}

What is my strength,{H3581} that I should wait?{H3176} And what is mine end,{H7093} that I should be {H5315} patient?{H748}

Is my strength{H3581} the strength{H3581} of stones?{H68} Or is my flesh{H1320} of brass?{H5153}

Is it not that I have no help{H5833} in me, And that wisdom{H8454} is driven quite{H5080} from me?

To him that is ready{H4523} to faint kindness{H2617} [should be showed] from his friend;{H7453} Even to him that forsaketh{H5800} the fear{H3374} of the Almighty.{H7706}

My brethren{H251} have dealt deceitfully{H898} as a brook,{H5158} As the channel{H650} of brooks{H5158} that pass away;{H5674}

Which are black{H6937} by reason of the ice,{H7140} [And] wherein the snow{H7950} hideth{H5956} itself:

What time{H6256} they wax warm,{H2215} they vanish;{H6789} When it is hot,{H2527} they are consumed out{H1846} of their place.{H4725}

The caravans{H734} [that travel] by the way{H1870} of them turn aside;{H3943} They go{H5927} up into the waste,{H8414} and perish.{H6}

The caravans{H734} of Tema{H8485} looked,{H5027} The companies{H1979} of Sheba{H7614} waited{H6960} for them.

They were put to shame{H954} because they had hoped;{H982} They came{H935} thither, and were confounded.{H2659}

For now ye are nothing; Ye see{H7200} a terror,{H2866} and are afraid.{H3372}

Did I say,{H559} Give{H3051} unto me? Or, Offer a present{H3051} for me of your substance?{H3581}

Or, Deliver{H4422} me from the adversary's{H6862} hand?{H3027} Or, Redeem{H6299} me from the hand{H3027} of the oppressors?{H6184}

Teach{H3384} me, and I will hold my peace;{H2790} And cause me to understand{H995} wherein I have erred.{H7686}

How forcible{H4834} are words{H561} of uprightness!{H3476} But your reproof,{H3198} what doth it reprove?{H3198}

Do ye think{H2803} to reprove{H3198} words,{H4405} Seeing that the speeches{H561} of one that is desperate{H2976} are as wind?{H7307}

Yea, ye would cast [lots]{H5307} upon the fatherless,{H3490} And make merchandise{H3738} of your friend.{H7453}

Now therefore be pleased{H2974} to look{H6437} upon me; For surely{H6440} I shall not lie{H3576} to your face.

Return,{H7725} I pray you, let there be no injustice;{H5766} Yea, return again,{H7725} my cause is righteous.{H6664}

Is there{H3426} injustice{H5766} on my tongue?{H3956} Cannot my taste{H2441} discern{H995} mischievous things?{H1942}