Job 6:1-30 LSB

[1] Then Job answered and said, [2] “Oh that my vexation were actually weighed And laid in the balances together with my destruction! [3] “For then it would be heavier than the sand of the seas; Therefore my words have been rash. [4] “For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, Their poison my spirit drinks; The horrors of God are arranged against me. [5] “Does the wild donkey bray over his grass, Or does the ox low over his fodder? [6] “Can something tasteless be eaten without salt, Or is there any taste in the slime of a yolk? [7] “My soul refuses to touch them; They are like loathsome food to me. [8] “Oh that my request might come to pass, And that God would grant my hope! [9] “Would that God were willing to crush me, That He would release His hand and cut me off! [10] “But it is still my comfort, And I rejoice in unsparing pain, That I have not at all hidden away the words of the Holy One. [11] “What is my strength, that I should wait? And what is my end, that I should endure? [12] “Is my strength the strength of stones, Or is my flesh bronze? [13] “Is it that there is no help within me, And that the success of sound wisdom is driven from me? [14] “For the despairing man lovingkindness should be from his friend; But he forsakes the fear of the Almighty. [15] “My brothers have betrayed me like a wadi, Like the torrents of wadis which pass away, [16] Which grow dark because of ice And upon which the snow hides itself. [17] “When they become waterless, they are silent; When it is hot, they vanish from their place. [18] “The paths of their course wind along; They go up into a formless place and perish. [19] “The caravans of Tema looked; The travelers of Sheba hoped for them. [20] “They were ashamed for they had trusted; They came there and were humiliated. [21] “Indeed, you have now become such; You see a terror and are afraid. [22] “Have I said, ‘Give me something,’ Or, ‘Offer a bribe for me from your wealth,’ [23] Or, ‘Give me escape from the hand of the adversary,’ Or, ‘Redeem me from the hand of the ruthless men’? [24] “Instruct me, and I will be silent; And cause me to understand how I have erred. [25] “How painful are upright words! But what does your reproof prove? [26] “Do you think to reprove my words, Or think of the words of one in despair as wind? [27] “You would even cast lots for the orphans And bargain over your friend. [28] “So now be willing to face me, And see if I lie to your face. [29] “Now turn from this, let there be no unrighteousness; Even turn from this, my righteousness is yet in it. [30] “Is there unrighteousness on my tongue? Cannot my palate discern destruction?