6:1  Then Job answered:

6:2  "O that my vexation were weighed, and all my calamity laid in the balances!

6:3  For then it would be heavier than the sand of the sea; therefore my words have been rash.

6:4  For the arrows of the Almighty are in me; my spirit drinks their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me.

6:5  Does the wild ass bray when he has grass, or the ox low over his fodder?

6:6  Can that which is tasteless be eaten without salt, or is there any taste in the slime of the purslane?

6:7  My appetite refuses to touch them; they are as food that is loathsome to me.

6:8  "O that I might have my request, and that God would grant my desire;

6:9  that it would please God to crush me, that he would let loose his hand and cut me off!

6:10  This would be my consolation; I would even exult in pain unsparing; for I have not denied the words of the Holy One.

6:11  What is my strength, that I should wait? And what is my end, that I should be patient?

6:12  Is my strength the strength of stones, or is my flesh bronze?

6:13  In truth I have no help in me, and any resource is driven from me.

6:14  "He who withholds kindness from a friend forsakes the fear of the Almighty.

6:15  My brethren are treacherous as a torrent-bed, as freshets that pass away,

6:16  which are dark with ice, and where the snow hides itself.

6:17  In time of heat they disappear; when it is hot, they vanish from their place.

6:18  The caravans turn aside from their course; they go up into the waste, and perish.

6:19  The caravans of Tema look, the travelers of Sheba hope.

6:20  They are disappointed because they were confident; they come thither and are confounded.

6:21  Such you have now become to me; you see my calamity, and are afraid.

6:22  Have I said, 'Make me a gift'? Or, 'From your wealth offer a bribe for me'?

6:23  Or, 'Deliver me from the adversary's hand'? Or, 'Ransom me from the hand of oppressors'?

6:24  "Teach me, and I will be silent; make me understand how I have erred.

6:25  How forceful are honest words! But what does reproof from you reprove?

6:26  Do you think that you can reprove words, when the speech of a despairing man is wind?

6:27  You would even cast lots over the fatherless, and bargain over your friend.

6:28  "But now, be pleased to look at me; for I will not lie to your face.

6:29  Turn, I pray, let no wrong be done. Turn now, my vindication is at stake.

6:30  Is there any wrong on my tongue? Cannot my taste discern calamity?