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¹ THEN Job answered and said,² Oh that my grief were weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances against it!³ For then it would be heavier than the sand of the seas; therefore my words are restrained.⁴ For the arrows of the Almighty are in my flesh, and their poison drinks up my spirit; the terrors of God have frightened me.⁵ Does the wild ass bray over grass? Or does the ox low over the fodder?⁶ Or can that which is unsavory be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?⁷ My soul is weary of its troubles, I lament like a drunken man in my affliction.

⁸ Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the thing that I long for!⁹ So that God would hearken to cleanse me, and to spread out his hand and make me whole;¹⁰ And to be again my comfort, so that I may be restored to my strength without measure; for I have not lied against the words of the Holy One.¹¹ What is my strength, that I should endure? And what is my end, that I should be patient?¹² Is my strength the strength of stones? Or is my flesh of brass?¹³ Behold, his help is not in me, and his salvation is far off from me.

¹⁴ He who withholds peace from his friend, forsakes the worship of the Almighty.¹⁵ My brethren have dealt deceitfully like dry brooks, like torrents which pass away.¹⁶ Those who were afraid of ice, much snow has fallen upon them.¹⁷ When the sun shines over them, they melt; when it is hot, they melt and disappear from their place.¹⁸ The paths of their ways are winding; they go astray from their course and perish.¹⁹ For they have looked toward the roads of the south, and have waited for the paths of Sheba.²⁰ They are ashamed in what they had hoped; they came there, and were confounded.²¹ You also have become such to me; because before you saw terror, you were afraid.

²² Did I say, Bring me a present? Or from your wealth offer a bribe for my sake?²³ Or rescue me from my oppressors hands; or deliver me from the hand of the mighty?²⁴ Teach me, and I will be silent; and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.²⁵ Why do you reject the words of truth? Who of you are able to rebuke and chastise?²⁶ Behold you are seeking to find words with which to reprove, and against my soul you are conjuring up words.²⁷ Behold, you overwhelm the fatherless, and you grieve your friend.²⁸ Now therefore listen and take heed, and I will speak in your presence, and will not lie.²⁹ Repent, I pray you, and do not become like ungodly men; repent therefore and be justified.³⁰ Is there iniquity in my tongue? Or does not my mouth speak truth?