3. they would outweigh all the sands of the sea.That is why I spoke impulsively.
4. For the Almighty has struck me down with his arrows.Their poison infects my spirit.God’s terrors are lined up against me.
5. Don’t I have a right to complain?Don’t wild donkeys bray when they find no grass,and oxen bellow when they have no food?
6. Don’t people complain about unsalted food?Does anyone want the tasteless white of an egg?
7. My appetite disappears when I look at it;I gag at the thought of eating it!
8. “Oh, that I might have my request,that God would grant my desire.
9. I wish he would crush me.I wish he would reach out his hand and kill me.
10. At least I can take comfort in this:Despite the pain,I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
11. But I don’t have the strength to endure.I have nothing to live for.
12. Do I have the strength of a stone?Is my body made of bronze?
13. No, I am utterly helpless,without any chance of success.
14. “One should be kind to a fainting friend,but you accuse me without any fear of the Almighty.
15. My brothers, you have proved as unreliable as a seasonal brookthat overflows its banks in the spring
16. when it is swollen with ice and melting snow.
17. But when the hot weather arrives, the water disappears.The brook vanishes in the heat.
18. The caravans turn aside to be refreshed,but there is nothing to drink, so they die.