9. That God would please--and bruise me, Loose His hand and cut me off!
10. And yet it is my comfort, (And I exult in pain--He doth not spare,) That I have not hidden The sayings of the Holy One.
11. What [is] my power that I should hope? And what mine end That I should prolong my life?
12. Is my strength the strength of stones? Is my flesh brazen?
13. Is not my help with me, And substance driven from me?
14. To a despiser of his friends [is] shame, And the fear of the Mighty he forsaketh.
15. My brethren have deceived as a brook, As a stream of brooks they pass away.
16. That are black because of ice, By them doth snow hide itself.