61Then Job answered,+2“Oh that my anguish were weighed,and all my calamity laid in the balances!+3For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas,therefore have my words been rash.+4For the arrows of the Almighty are within me.My spirit drinks up their poison.The terrors of God set themselves in array against me.+5Does the wild donkey bray when he has grass?Or does the ox low over his fodder?+6Can that which has no flavor be eaten without salt?Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?+7My soul refuses to touch them.They are as loathsome food to me.+8“Oh that I might have my request,that God would grant the thing that I long for,+9even that it would please God to crush me;that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!+10Be it still my consolation,yes, let me exult in pain that doesn’t spare,that I have not denied the words of the Holy One.+11What is my strength, that I should wait?What is my end, that I should be patient?+12Is my strength the strength of stones?Or is my flesh of brass?+13Isn’t it that I have no help in me,That wisdom is driven quite from me?+14“To him who is ready to faint, kindness should be shown from his friend;even to him who forsakes the fear of the Almighty.+15My brothers have dealt deceitfully as a brook,as the channel of brooks that pass away;+16Which are black by reason of the ice,in which the snow hides itself.+17In the dry season, they vanish.When it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.+18The caravans that travel beside them turn away.They go up into the waste, and perish.+19The caravans of Tema looked.The companies of Sheba waited for them.+20They were distressed because they were confident.They came there, and were confounded.+21For now you are nothing.You see a terror, and are afraid.+22Did I say, ‘Give to me?’or, ‘Offer a present for me from your substance?’+23or, ‘Deliver me from the adversary’s hand?’or, ‘Redeem me from the hand of the oppressors?’+24“Teach me, and I will hold my peace.Cause me to understand wherein I have erred.+25How forcible are words of uprightness!But your reproof, what does it reprove?+26Do you intend to reprove words,since the speeches of one who is desperate are as wind?+27Yes, you would even cast lots for the fatherless,and make merchandise of your friend.+28Now therefore be pleased to look at me,for surely I shall not lie to your face.+29Please return.Let there be no injustice.Yes, return again.My cause is righteous.+30Is there injustice on my tongue?Can’t my taste discern mischievous things?+
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