4. For the khitzim (arrows) of Shaddai are in me, the poison whereof drinketh my ruach; the terrors of Eloah do set themselves in array against me.
5. Doth the pereh (wild donkey) bray when he hath desheh? Or loweth the ox over his fodder?
6. Can that which is tasteless be eaten without melach? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?
7. The things that my nefesh refused to touch are like my loathsome lechem.
8. Who will grant that I might have my she'elah (request); oh that Eloah would grant me my tikveh!
9. Even that it would please Eloah to crush me; that He would let loose His yad, and cut me off!
10. Then should I yet have nechamah (consolation); yea, I would exult in chilah (pain); let him not spare; for I have not concealed the imrei Kadosh (words of the Holy One).
11. What is my koach, that I should wait? And what is mine end, that I should make patient my nefesh?
12. Is my koach the koach of avanim? Or is my basar bronze?
13. Is it that my help is not within me? And is tushiyyah (success) driven from me?
14. To him that is afflicted, chesed should be shown from his friend; otherwise, he forsaketh the fear of Shaddai.
15. Achai (my brethren) have dealt deceitfully as a wadi, and as the torrents of wadis they vanish away;
16. Which are blackish muddy by reason of the kerakh (ice), and wherein the sheleg (snow) is melted.