1And Job answered and said, 2Oh that my grief were but weighed, and my ruin laid in the balances together! 3For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea; therefore my words have been rash. 4For the arrows of the Almighty [are] within me, their fury [is] drinking my spirit; the terrors of God are set against me. 5Does the wild ass bray [when he has] grass? Or does the ox low over his fodder? 6Can that which has no taste be eaten without salt? Or is there taste in the white of an egg? 7My soul refuses to touch them; they [are] sickening food to me. 8Oh that I might have my desire, and that God would grant the thing that I long for! 9Even that it would please God to destroy me; that He would loose His hand and cut me off! 10And it is yet my comfort; yea, I would rejoice in pain, though He did not spare me; for I have not hidden the words of the Holy One. 11What [is] my strength, that I should hope? And what [is] my end, that I should be patient? 12[Is] my strength the strength of stones? Or [is] my flesh bronze? 13[Is] not my help in me? And is wisdom fully driven away from me? 14To him who is afflicted, pity is [due] from his friend, but he forsakes the fear of the Almighty. 15My brothers have dealt deceitfully as a torrent; they pass away as the streams of torrents, 16[torrents] black from ice, in which the snow hides itself. 17When they become warm, they go away; when it is hot, they vanish out of their place. 18The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing and are lost. 19The troops of Tema looked; the companies of Sheba hoped for them. 20They were ashamed because they had hoped; they came there and were ashamed. 21Surely now you are like them; you see [my] casting down, and are afraid. 22Did I say, Give to me? or, Offer a bribe for me from your wealth; 23or, Deliver me from the enemy's hand; or, Redeem me from the hand of the mighty? 24Teach me, and I will be silent; and cause me to understand where I have gone astray. 25Right words are powerful, but what does your arguing argue? 26Do you intend to criticize words, and the speeches of one who is hopeless, [that are] as wind? 27Yea, you cause [anger] to fall on the fatherless, and you dig [a pit] for your friend. 28And now, please look on me; for if I lie, [it is] before your face. 29Turn back, please let there be no sin; yea, return again, my righteousness [is] in this matter. 30Is there wrong in my tongue? Cannot my taste discern desirable things?