1. Then Job answered,
2. "Oh that my grief were actually weighed And laid in the balances together with my calamity!
3. "For then it would be heavier than the sand of the seas; Therefore my words have been rash.
4. "For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, Their poison my spirit drinks; The terrors of God are arrayed against me.
5. "Does the wild donkey bray over his grass, Or does the ox low over his fodder?
6. "Can something tasteless be eaten without salt, Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?
7. "My soul refuses to touch them; They are like loathsome food to me.
8. "Oh that my request might come to pass, And that God would grant my longing!
9. "Would that God were willing to crush me, That He would loose His hand and cut me off!
10. "But it is still my consolation, And I rejoice in unsparing pain, That I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
11. "What is my strength, that I should wait? And what is my end, that I should endure?
12. "Is my strength the strength of stones, Or is my flesh bronze?
13. "Is it that my help is not within me, And that deliverance is driven from me?
14. "For the despairing man there should be kindness from his friend; So that he does not forsake the fear of the Almighty.