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¹ Then Job answered and said,² Oh that my vexation were but weighed, And all my calamity laid in the balances!³ For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas: Therefore my words have been rash.⁴ For the arrows of the Almighty are inside me, The poison whereof my spirit drinks up: The terrors of God set themselves in array against me.⁵ Does the wild donkey bray when he has grass? Or does the ox low over his fodder?⁶ Can that which has no savor be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?⁷ My soul refuses to touch [them]; They are as loathsome food to me.

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 And be it still my consolation, Yes, let me exult in pain that does not spare, That I have not denied the words of the Holy One.¹¹ What is my strength, that I should wait? And what is my end, that I should be patient?¹² Is my strength the strength of stones? Or is my flesh of bronze?¹³ Is it not that I have no help in me, And that wisdom is driven quite from me?

¹⁴ To him that is ready to faint kindness [should be shown] from his friend; Even to him that forsakes the fear of the Almighty.¹⁵ My brothers have dealt deceitfully as a brook, As the channel of brooks that pass away;¹⁶ Which are black by reason of the ice, [And] wherein the snow hides itself:¹⁷ What time they wax warm, they vanish; When it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.¹⁸ The caravans [that travel] by the way of them turn aside; They go up into the waste, and perish.¹⁹ The caravans of Tema looked, The companies of Sheba waited for them.²⁰ They were put to shame because they had hoped; They came there, and were confounded.²¹ For now you are nothing; You see a terror, and are afraid.

²² Did I say, Give to 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 your reproof, what does it reprove?²⁶ Do you think to reprove words, Seeing that the speeches of one that is desperate are as wind?²⁷ Yes, you would cast [lots] on the fatherless, And make merchandise of your friend.²⁸ Now therefore be pleased to look at me; For surely I shall not lie to your face.²⁹ Return, I pray you, let there be no injustice; Yes, return again, my cause is righteous.³⁰ Is there injustice on my tongue? Can't my taste discern mischievous things?