1
But
Job
answered
and
said,
2
Oh
that
my
grief
were
throughly
weighed,
and
my
calamity
laid
in
the
balances
together!
3
For
now
it
would
be
heavier
than
the
sand
of
the
sea:
therefore
my
words
are
swallowed
4
For
the
arrows
of
the
Almighty
[are]
within
me,
the
poison
whereof
drinketh
up
my
spirit:
the
terrors
of
God
do
set
themselves
in
array
against
5
Doth
the
wild
ass
bray
when
he
hath
grass?
or
loweth
the
ox
over
his
fodder?
6
Can
that
which
is
unsavoury
be
eaten
without
salt?
or
is
there
[any]
taste
in
the
white
of
an
egg?
7
The
things
[that]
my
soul
refused
to
touch
[are]
as
my
sorrowful
meat.
8
Oh
that
I
might
have
my
request;
and
that
God
would
grant
[me]
the
thing
that
I
long
for!
9
Even
that
it
would
please
God
to
destroy
me;
that
he
would
let
loose
his
hand,
and
cut
me
off!
10
Then
should
I
yet
have
comfort;
yea,
I
would
harden
myself
in
sorrow:
let
him
not
spare;
for
I
have
not
concealed
the
words
of
the
Holy
One.
11
What
[is]
my
strength,
that
I
should
hope?
and
what
[is]
mine
end,
that
I
should
prolong
my
life?
12
[Is]
my
strength
the
strength
of
stones?
or
[is]
my
flesh
of
brass?
13
[Is]
not
my
help
in
me?
and
is
wisdom
driven
quite
from
14
To
him
that
is
afflicted
pity
[should
be
shewed]
from
his
friend;
but
he
forsaketh
the
fear
of
the
Almighty.
15
My
brethren
have
dealt
deceitfully
as
a
brook,
[and]
as
the
stream
of
brooks
they
pass
away;
16
Which
are
blackish
by
reason
of
the
ice,
[and]
wherein
the
snow
is
hid:
17
What
time
they
wax
warm,
they
vanish:
when
it
is
hot,
they
are
consumed
out
of
their
place.
18
The
paths
of
their
way
are
turned
aside;
they
go
to
nothing,
and
perish.
19
The
troops
of
Tema
looked,
the
companies
of
Sheba
waited
for
them.
20
They
were
confounded
because
they
had
hoped;
they
came
thither,
and
were
ashamed.
21
For
now
ye
are
nothing;
ye
see
[my]
casting
down,
and
are
afraid.
22
Did
I
say,
Bring
unto
me?
or,
Give
a
reward
for
me
of
your
substance?
23
Or,
Deliver
me
from
the
enemy’s
hand?
or,
Redeem
me
from
the
hand
of
the
mighty?
24
Teach
me,
and
I
will
hold
my
tongue:
and
cause
me
to
understand
wherein
I
have
erred.
25
How
forcible
are
right
words!
but
what
doth
your
arguing
reprove?
26
Do
ye
imagine
to
reprove
words,
and
the
speeches
of
one
that
is
desperate,
[which
are]
as
wind?
27
Yea,
ye
overwhelm
the
fatherless,
and
ye
dig
[a
pit]
for
your
friend.
28
Now
therefore
be
content,
look
upon
me;
for
[it
is]
evident
unto
you
if
I
lie.
29
Return,
I
pray
you,
let
it
not
be
iniquity;
yea,
return
again,
my
righteousness
[is]
in
30
Is
there
iniquity
in
my
tongue?
cannot
my
taste
discern
perverse
things?