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¹ And Job answered and said:² Oh that my vexation were carefully weighed, and my ruin lifted in the balances together!³ For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas; on account of this my words have been rash.⁴ For the arrows of the Almighty are within me; their fury is drinking my spirit; the terrors of God are set against me.⁵ Does the wild ass bray over tender grass? Or does the ox low over his fodder?⁶ Are tasteless things eaten without salt? Or is there taste in the slime of an egg?⁷ My soul refuses to touch them; they are sickening food to me.

⁸ Who will give it that my desire might come, and God would grant my longing;⁹ and God would be willing and crush me; let loose His hand and cut me off?¹⁰ And it is yet my comfort; and I would exult in pain not spared; for I have not hidden the words of the Holy One.¹¹ What is my strength that I should wait? And what is my end that I should prolong my life?¹² Is my strength the strength of stones? Or is my flesh bronze?¹³ Is not my help within me? And is wisdom driven from me?

¹⁴ To the faint, mercy is due from his friend; for he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.¹⁵ My brothers have dealt deceitfully, like the torrent, like the streams of torrents, they pass away;¹⁶ those darkened from ice, in which the snow hides itself.¹⁷ At the time they are warmed, they are cut off; when it is hot they dry up.¹⁸ The paths of their way bend; they go to nothing and are lost.¹⁹ The troops of Tema looked; the travelers of Sheba hoped for them;²⁰ they were ashamed because they had hoped; they came there and were ashamed.²¹ Surely now you have become like it; you see my dismay, and are afraid.

²² Did I indeed say, Give to me? Or, Offer a bribe for me from your wealth?²³ Or, Deliver me from a foe's hand? Or, Redeem me from the oppressors hand?²⁴ Teach me and I will be silent; and cause me to understand in what I have erred.²⁵ Right words are powerful, but what does your arguing argue?²⁶ Do you intend to criticize words, and the speeches of one who is caused to despair, that are as wind?²⁷ Yea, you cause even an orphan to fall; and you bargain over your friend.²⁸ And now, please look on me. For if I lie, it is before your face.²⁹ Turn back, I beseech you; let there be no wrong. Yea, return again, for my righteousness is in it.³⁰ Is there wrong in my tongue? Cannot my palate discern desirable things?