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¹ Then Job answered and said:² Oh that my vexation were but weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances altogether!³ For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas; therefore are my words broken.⁴ For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof my spirit drinketh up; the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.⁵ Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder?⁶ Can that which hath no savour be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the juice of mallows?⁷ My soul refuseth to touch them; they are as the sickness of my flesh.

⁸ Oh that I might have my request, and that God would grant me the thing that I long for!⁹ Even that it would please God to crush me; that He would let loose His hand, and cut me off!¹⁰ Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would exult in pain, though He spare not; ¹¹ What is my strength, that I should wait? and what is mine end, that I should be patient?¹² Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brass?¹³ Is it that I have no help in me, and that sound wisdom is driven quite from me?

¹⁴ To him that is ready to faint kindness is due from his friend, even to him that forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.¹⁵ My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, as the channel of brooks that overflow,¹⁶ Which are black by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow hideth itself;¹⁷ What time they wax warm, they vanish, when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.¹⁸ The paths of their way do wind, they go up into the waste, and are lost.¹⁹ The caravans of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them--²⁰ They were ashamed because they had hoped; they came thither, and were confounded.²¹ For now ye are become His; ye see a terror, and are afraid.

²² Did I say: 'Give unto me'? or: 'Offer a present for me of your substance'?²³ or: 'Deliver me from the adversary's hand'? or: 'Redeem me from the hand of the oppressors'?²⁴ Teach me, and I will hold my peace; and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.²⁵ How forcible are words of uprightness! But what doth your arguing argue?²⁶ Do ye hold words to be an argument, but the speeches of one that is desperate to be wind?²⁷ Yea, ye would cast lots upon the fatherless, and dig a pit for your friend.²⁸ Now therefore be pleased to look upon me; for surely I shall not lie to your face.²⁹ Return, I pray you, let there be no injustice; yea, return again, my cause is righteous.³⁰ Is there injustice on my tongue? Cannot my taste discern crafty devices?