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Oh that my grief were thoroughly weighed, and all my calamity laid in the balances!
“If only my anguish could be weighed
and all my misery be placed on the scales!
and all my misery be placed on the scales!
For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas; therefore my words are vehement.
It would surely outweigh the sand of the seas —
no wonder my words have been impetuous.
no wonder my words have been impetuous.
For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, their poison drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of +God are arrayed against me.
The arrows of the Almighty are in me,
my spirit drinks in their poison;
God’s terrors are marshaled against me.
my spirit drinks in their poison;
God’s terrors are marshaled against me.
Doth the wild ass bray by the grass? loweth an ox over his fodder?
Does a wild donkey bray when it has grass,
or an ox bellow when it has fodder?
or an ox bellow when it has fodder?
Shall that which is insipid be eaten without salt? Is there any taste in the white of an egg?
What my soul refuseth to touch, that is as my loathsome food.
I refuse to touch it;
such food makes me ill.
such food makes me ill.
Oh that I might have my request, and that +God would grant my desire!
“Oh, that I might have my request,
that God would grant what I hope for,
that God would grant what I hope for,
And that it would please +God to crush me, that he would let loose his hand and cut me off!
that God would be willing to crush me,
to let loose his hand and cut off my life!
to let loose his hand and cut off my life!
Then should I yet have comfort; and in the pain which spareth not I would rejoice that I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
Then I would still have this consolation —
my joy in unrelenting pain —
that I had not denied the words of the Holy One.
my joy in unrelenting pain —
that I had not denied the words of the Holy One.
What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should have patience?
“What strength do I have, that I should still hope?
What prospects, that I should be patient?
What prospects, that I should be patient?
Is my strength the strength of stones? is my flesh of brass?
Do I have the strength of stone?
Is my flesh bronze?
Is my flesh bronze?
Is it not that there is no help in me, and soundness is driven away from me?
Do I have any power to help myself,
now that success has been driven from me?
now that success has been driven from me?
For him that is fainting kindness [is meet] from his friend; or he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.
“Anyone who withholds kindness from a friend
forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a stream, as the channel of streams which pass away,
But my brothers are as undependable as intermittent streams,
as the streams that overflow
as the streams that overflow
Which are turbid by reason of the ice, in which the snow hideth itself:
when darkened by thawing ice
and swollen with melting snow,
and swollen with melting snow,
At the time they diminish, they are dried up; when heat affecteth them, they vanish from their place:
but that stop flowing in the dry season,
and in the heat vanish from their channels.
and in the heat vanish from their channels.
They wind about in the paths of their course, they go off into the waste and perish.
Caravans turn aside from their routes;
they go off into the wasteland and perish.
they go off into the wasteland and perish.
The caravans of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba counted on them:
The caravans of Tema look for water,
the traveling merchants of Sheba look in hope.
the traveling merchants of Sheba look in hope.
They are ashamed at their hope; they come thither, and are confounded.
They are distressed, because they had been confident;
they arrive there, only to be disappointed.
they arrive there, only to be disappointed.
So now ye are nothing; ye see a terrible object and are afraid.
Now you too have proved to be of no help;
you see something dreadful and are afraid.
you see something dreadful and are afraid.
Did I say, Bring unto me, and make me a present from your substance?
Have I ever said, ‘Give something on my behalf,
pay a ransom for me from your wealth,
pay a ransom for me from your wealth,
Or, rescue me from the hand of the oppressor, and redeem me from the hand of the violent?
deliver me from the hand of the enemy,
rescue me from the clutches of the ruthless’?
rescue me from the clutches of the ruthless’?
Teach me, and I will hold my tongue; and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.
“Teach me, and I will be quiet;
show me where I have been wrong.
show me where I have been wrong.
How forcible are right words! but what doth your upbraiding reprove?
How painful are honest words!
But what do your arguments prove?
But what do your arguments prove?
Do ye imagine to reprove words? The speeches of one that is desperate are indeed for the wind.
Do you mean to correct what I say,
and treat my desperate words as wind?
and treat my desperate words as wind?
Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and dig [a pit] for your friend.
You would even cast lots for the fatherless
and barter away your friend.
and barter away your friend.
Now therefore if ye will, look upon me; and it shall be to your face if I lie.
“But now be so kind as to look at me.
Would I lie to your face?
Would I lie to your face?
Return, I pray you, let there be no wrong; yea, return again, my righteousness shall be in it.