61And Job answered and said,+2Oh that my grief were thoroughly weighed, and all my calamity laid in the balances!+3For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas; therefore my words are vehement.+4For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, their poison drinketh up my spirit: the terrors ofGod are arrayed against me.+5Doth the wild ass bray by the grass? loweth an ox over his fodder?+6Shall that which is insipid be eaten without salt? Is there any taste in the white of an egg?+7What my soul refuseth to touch, that is as my loathsome food.+8Oh that I might have my request, and thatGod would grant my desire!+9And that it would pleaseGod to crush me, that he would let loose his hand and cut me off!+10Then should I yet have comfort; and in the pain which spareth not I would rejoice that I have not denied the words of the Holy One.+11What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should have patience?+12Is my strength the strength of stones? is my flesh of brass?+13Is it not that there is no help in me, and soundness is driven away from me?+14For him that is fainting kindness [is meet] from his friend; or he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.+15My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a stream, as the channel of streams which pass away,+16Which are turbid by reason of the ice, in which the snow hideth itself:+17At the time they diminish, they are dried up; when heat affecteth them, they vanish from their place:+18They wind about in the paths of their course, they go off into the waste and perish.+19The caravans of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba counted on them:+20They are ashamed at their hope; they come thither, and are confounded.+21So now ye are nothing; ye see a terrible object and are afraid.+22Did I say, Bring unto me, and make me a present from your substance?+23Or, rescue me from the hand of the oppressor, and redeem me from the hand of the violent?+24Teach me, and I will hold my tongue; and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.+25How forcible are right words! but what doth your upbraiding reprove?+26Do ye imagine to reprove words? The speeches of one that is desperate are indeed for the wind.+27Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and dig [a pit] for your friend.+28Now therefore if ye will, look upon me; and it shall be to your face if I lie.+29Return, I pray you, let there be no wrong; yea, return again, my righteousness shall be in it.+30Is there wrong in my tongue? cannot my taste discern mischievous things?+
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