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JOB 6

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Job Replies: My Complaint Is Just

6:1 Then Job answered and said:
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“Oh that my vexation were weighed,

and all my calamity laid in the balances! 3

For then it would be heavier than the sand of the sea;

therefore my words have been rash. 4

For the arrows of the Almighty are in me;

my spirit drinks their poison;

the terrors of God are arrayed against me. 5

Does the wild donkey bray when he has grass,

or the ox low over his fodder? 6

Can that which is tasteless be eaten without salt,

or is there any taste in the juice of the mallow? 7

My appetite refuses to touch them;

they are as food that is loathsome to me.
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“Oh that I might have my request,

and that God would fulfill my hope, 9

that it would please God to crush me,

that he would let loose his hand and cut me off! 10

This would be my comfort;

I would even exult in pain unsparing,

for 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 bronze? 13

Have I any help in me,

when resource is driven from me?
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“He who withholds kindness from a friend

forsakes the fear of the Almighty. 15

My brothers are treacherous as a torrent-bed,

as torrential streams that pass away, 16

which are dark with ice,

and where the snow hides itself. 17

When they melt, they disappear;

when it is hot, they vanish from their place. 18

The caravans turn aside from their course;

they go up into the waste and perish. 19

The caravans of Tema look,

the travelers of Sheba hope. 20

They are ashamed because they were confident;

they come there and are disappointed. 21

For you have now become nothing;

you see my calamity and are afraid. 22

Have I said, ‘Make me a gift’?

Or, ‘From your wealth offer a bribe for me’? 23

Or, ‘Deliver me from the adversary’s hand’?

Or, ‘Redeem me from the hand of the ruthless’?
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“Teach me, and I will be silent;

make me understand how I have gone astray. 25

How forceful are upright words!

But what does reproof from you reprove? 26

Do you think that you can reprove words,

when the speech of a despairing man is wind? 27

You would even cast lots over the fatherless,

and bargain over your friend.
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“But now, be pleased to look at me,

for I will not lie to your face. 29

Please turn; let no injustice be done.

Turn now; my vindication is at stake. 30

Is there any injustice on my tongue?

Cannot my palate discern the cause of calamity?

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