Job Chapter 6 (NIV)

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undefined JobThen Job replied:

undefined “If only my anguish could be weighedand all my misery be placed on the scales!

undefined It would surely outweigh the sand of the seas—no wonder my words have been impetuous.

undefined The arrows of the Almighty are in me,my spirit drinks in their poison;God’s terrors are marshaled against me.

undefined Does a wild donkey bray when it has grass,or an ox bellow when it has fodder?

undefined Is tasteless food eaten without salt,or is there flavor in the white of an egg?

undefined I refuse to touch it;such food makes me ill.

undefined “Oh, that I might have my request,that God would grant what I hope for,

undefined that God would be willing to crush me,to let loose his hand and cut me off!

undefined Then I would still have this consolation—my joy in unrelenting pain—that I had not denied the words of the Holy One.

undefined “What strength do I have, that I should still hope?What prospects, that I should be patient?

undefined Do I have the strength of stone?Is my flesh bronze?

undefined Do I have any power to help myself,now that success has been driven from me?

undefined “A despairing man should have the devotion of his friends,even though he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.

undefined But my brothers are as undependable as intermittent streams,as the streams that overflow

undefined when darkened by thawing iceand swollen with melting snow,

undefined but that cease to flow in the dry season,and in the heat vanish from their channels.

undefined Caravans turn aside from their routes;they go up into the wasteland and perish.

undefined The caravans of Tema look for water,the traveling merchants of Sheba look in hope.

undefined They are distressed, because they had been confident;they arrive there, only to be disappointed.

undefined Now you too have proved to be of no help;you see something dreadful and are afraid.

undefined Have I ever said, ‘Give something on my behalf,pay a ransom for me from your wealth,

undefined deliver me from the hand of the enemy,ransom me from the clutches of the ruthless’?

undefined “Teach me, and I will be quiet;show me where I have been wrong.

undefined How painful are honest words!But what do your arguments prove?

undefined Do you mean to correct what I say,and treat the words of a despairing man as wind?

undefined You would even cast lots for the fatherlessand barter away your friend.

undefined “But now be so kind as to look at me.Would I lie to your face?

undefined Relent, do not be unjust;reconsider, for my integrity is at stake.

undefined Is there any wickedness on my lips?Can my mouth not discern malice?

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