1. But Job answered, and said:
2. O that my sins, whereby I have deserved wrath, and the calamity that I suffer, were weighed in a balance.
3. As the sand of the sea this would appear heavier: therefore my words are full of sorrow:
4. For the arrows of the Lord are in me, the rage whereof drinketh up my spirit, and the terrors of the Lord war against me.
5. Will the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or will the ox low when he standeth before a full manger?
6. Or can an unsavoury thing be eaten, that is not seasoned with salt? or can a man taste that which when tasted bringeth death?