3. My sadness would be heavier than the sand of the seas.No wonder my words seem careless.
4. The arrows of the Almighty are in me;my spirit drinks in their poison;God’s terrors are gathered against me.
5. A wild donkey does not bray when it has grass to eat,and an ox is quiet when it has feed.
6. Tasteless food is not eaten without salt,and there is no flavor in the white of an egg.
7. I refuse to touch it;such food makes me sick.
8. “How I wish that I might have what I ask forand that God would give me what I hope for.
9. How I wish God would crush meand reach out his hand to destroy me.
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.
17. But they stop flowing in the dry season;they disappear when it is hot.
18. Travelers turn away from their pathsand go into the desert and die.