10. Then I would have this comfortand be glad even in this unending pain,because I would know I did not reject the words of the Holy One.
11. “I do not have the strength to wait.There is nothing to hope for,so why should I be patient?
12. I do not have the strength of stone;my flesh is not bronze.
13. I have no power to help myself,because success has been taken away from me.
14. “They say, ‘A person’s friends should be kind to him when he is in trouble,even if he stops fearing the Almighty.’
15. But my brothers cannot be counted on.They are like streams that do not always flow,streams that sometimes run over.
16. They are made dark by melting iceand rise with melting snow.