61Then Job answered and said,+2Oh that my vexation were but 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, The poison whereof my spirit drinketh up: The terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.+5Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? Or loweth the ox over his fodder?+6Can that which hath no savor be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?+7My soul refuseth to touch [them]; They are as loathsome food to me.+8Oh that I might have my request; And that God would grant [me] 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!+10And be it still my consolation, Yea, let me exult in pain that spareth not, That I have not denied the words of the Holy One.+11What is my strength, that I should wait? And what is mine end, that I should be patient?+12Is my strength the strength of stones? Or is my flesh of brass?+13Is it not that I have no help in me, And that wisdom is driven quite from me?+14To him that is ready to faint kindness [should be showed] from his friend; Even to him that forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.+15My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, As the channel of brooks that pass away;+16Which are black by reason of the ice, [And] wherein the snow hideth itself:+17What time they wax warm, they vanish; When it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.+18The caravans [that travel] by the way of them turn aside; They go up into the waste, and perish.+19The caravans of Tema looked, The companies of Sheba waited for them.+20They were put to shame because they had hoped; They came thither, and were confounded.+21For now ye are nothing; Ye see a terror, and are afraid.+22Did I say, Give unto me? Or, Offer a present for me of your substance?+23Or, Deliver me from the adversary’s hand? Or, Redeem me from the hand of the oppressors?+24Teach me, and I will hold my peace; And cause me to understand wherein I have erred.+25How forcible are words of uprightness! But your reproof, what doth it reprove?+26Do ye think to reprove words, Seeing that the speeches of one that is desperate are as wind?+27Yea, ye would cast [lots] upon the fatherless, And make merchandise of your friend.+28Now therefore be pleased to look upon me; For surely I shall not lie to your face.+29Return, I pray you, let there be no injustice; Yea, return again, my cause is righteous.+30Is there injustice on my tongue? Cannot my taste discern mischievous things?+
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