2
Oh that[H3863] my grief[H3708] were throughly[H8254]weighed[H8254], and my calamity[H1942]laid[H5375] in the balances[H3976]together[H3162]!
3
For now it would be heavier[H3513] than the sand[H2344] of the sea[H3220]: therefore my words[H1697] are swallowed up[H3886].
4
For the arrows[H2671] of the Almighty[H7706] are within[H5978] me, the poison[H2534] whereof drinketh up[H8354] my spirit[H7307]: the terrors[H1161] of God[H433] do set themselves in array[H6186] against me.
5
Doth the wild ass[H6501]bray[H5101] when he hath grass?[H1877] or loweth[H1600] the ox[H7794] over his fodder?[H1098]
6
Can that which is unsavoury[H8602] be eaten[H398] without salt?[H4417] or is there[H3426] any taste[H2940] in the white[H7388] of an egg?[H2495]
7
The things that my soul[H5315]refused[H3985] to touch[H5060] are as my sorrowful[H1741]meat[H3899].
8
Oh that I might have[H935] my request[H7596]; and that God[H433] would grant[H5414] me the thing that I long for[H8615]!
9
Even that it would please[H2974]God[H433] to destroy[H1792] me; that he would let loose[H5425] his hand[H3027], and cut me off[H1214]!
10
Then should I yet have comfort[H5165]; yea, I would harden[H5539] myself in sorrow[H2427]: let him not spare[H2550]; for I have not concealed[H3582] the words[H561] of the Holy One[H6918].
11
What is my strength[H3581], that I should hope?[H3176] and what is mine end[H7093], that I should prolong[H748] my life?[H5315]
12
Is my strength[H3581] the strength[H3581] of stones?[H68] or is my flesh[H1320] of brass?[H5153]
13
Is not my help[H5833] in me? and is wisdom[H8454] driven quite[H5080] from me?
14
To him that is afflicted[H4523]pity[H2617] should be shewed from his friend[H7453]; but he forsaketh[H5800] the fear[H3374] of the Almighty[H7706].
15
My brethren[H251] have dealt deceitfully[H898] as a brook[H5158], and as the stream[H650] of brooks[H5158] they pass away[H5674];
16
Which are blackish[H6937] by reason of the ice[H7140], and wherein the snow[H7950] is hid[H5956]:
17
What time[H6256] they wax warm[H2215], they vanish[H6789]: when it is hot[H2527], they are consumed out[H1846] of their place[H4725].
18
The paths[H734] of their way[H1870] are turned aside[H3943]; they go[H5927] to nothing[H8414], and perish[H6].
19
The troops[H734] of Tema[H8485]looked[H5027], the companies[H1979] of Sheba[H7614]waited[H6960] for them.
20
They were confounded[H954] because they had hoped[H982]; they came[H935] thither, and were ashamed[H2659].
21
For now ye are nothing; ye see[H7200] my casting down[H2866], and are afraid[H3372].
22
Did I say[H559], Bring[H3051] unto me? or, Give a reward[H7809] for me of your substance?[H3581]
23
Or, Deliver[H4422] me from the enemy's hand?[H3027] or, Redeem[H6299] me from the hand[H3027] of the mighty?[H6184]
24Teach[H3384] me, and I will hold my tongue[H2790]: and cause me to understand[H995] wherein I have erred[H7686].
25
How forcible[H4834] are right[H3476]words[H561]! but what doth your arguing[H3198]reprove?[H3198]
26
Do ye imagine[H2803] to reprove[H3198]words[H4405], and the speeches[H561] of one that is desperate[H2976], which are as wind?[H7307]
27
Yea, ye overwhelm[H5307] the fatherless[H3490], and ye dig[H3738] a pit for your friend[H7453].
28
Now therefore be content[H2974], look[H6437] upon me; for it is evident[H6440] unto you if I lie[H3576].
29Return[H7725], I pray you, let it not be iniquity[H5766]; yea, return again[H7725], my righteousness[H6664] is in it.
30
Is there[H3426]iniquity[H5766] in my tongue?[H3956] cannot my taste[H2441]discern[H995] perverse things?[H1942]