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Job Replies: My Complaint Is Just
Then Job answered and said:
Then Job answered and said:
Job Replies: My Complaint is Just
And Job answered and said,
And Job answered and said,
“Oh that my vexation were weighed,
and all my calamity laid in the balances!
and all my calamity laid in the balances!
Oh that my grief were thoroughly weighed, and all my calamity laid in the balances!
For then it would be heavier than the sand of the sea;
therefore my words have been rash.
therefore my words have been rash.
For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas; therefore my words are vehement.
For the arrows of the Almighty are in me;
my spirit drinks their poison;
the terrors of God are arrayed against me.
my spirit drinks their poison;
the terrors of God are arrayed against me.
For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, their poison drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of +God are arrayed against me.
Does the wild donkey bray when he has grass,
or the ox low over his fodder?
or the ox low over his fodder?
Doth the wild ass bray by the grass? loweth an ox over his 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.
“Oh that I might have my request,
and that God would fulfill my hope,
and that God would fulfill my hope,
Oh that I might have my request, and that +God would grant my desire!
that it would please God to crush me,
that he would let loose his hand and cut me off!
that he would let loose his hand and cut me off!
And that it would please +God to crush me, that he would let loose his hand and cut me off!
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.
What is my strength, that I should wait?
And what is my end, that I should be patient?
And what is my end, that I should be patient?
What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should have patience?
Is my strength the strength of stones, or is my flesh bronze?
Is my strength the strength of stones? is my flesh of brass?
Have I any help in me,
when resource is driven from me?
when resource is driven from me?
Is it not that there is no help in me, and soundness is driven away from me?
For him that is fainting kindness [is meet] from his friend; or he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.
My brothers are treacherous as a torrent-bed,
as torrential streams that pass away,
as torrential streams that pass away,
My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a stream, as the channel of streams which pass away,
which are dark with ice,
and where the snow hides itself.
and where the snow hides itself.
Which are turbid by reason of the ice, in which the snow hideth itself:
When they melt, they disappear;
when it is hot, they vanish from their place.
when it is hot, they vanish from their place.
At the time they diminish, they are dried up; when heat affecteth them, they vanish from their place:
The caravans turn aside from their course;
they go up into the waste and perish.
they go up into the waste and perish.
They wind about in the paths of their course, they go off into the waste and perish.
The caravans of Tema look,
the travelers of Sheba hope.
the travelers of Sheba hope.
The caravans of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba counted on them:
They are ashamed because they were confident;
they come there and are disappointed.
they come there and are disappointed.
They are ashamed at their hope; they come thither, and are confounded.
For you have now become nothing;
you see my calamity and are afraid.
you see my calamity and are afraid.
So now ye are nothing; ye see a terrible object and are afraid.
Have I said, ‘Make me a gift’?
Or, ‘From your wealth offer a bribe for me’?
Or, ‘From your wealth offer a bribe for me’?
Did I say, Bring unto me, and make me a present from your substance?
Or, ‘Deliver me from the adversary’s hand’?
Or, ‘Redeem me from the hand of the ruthless’?
Or, ‘Redeem me from the hand of the ruthless’?
Or, rescue me from the hand of the oppressor, and redeem me from the hand of the violent?
“Teach me, and I will be silent;
make me understand how I have gone astray.
make me understand how I have gone astray.
Teach me, and I will hold my tongue; and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.
How forceful are upright words!
But what does reproof from you reprove?
But what does reproof from you reprove?
How forcible are right words! but what doth your upbraiding reprove?
Do you think that you can reprove words,
when the speech of a despairing man is wind?
when the speech of a despairing man is wind?
Do ye imagine to reprove words? The speeches of one that is desperate are indeed for the wind.
You would even cast lots over the fatherless,
and bargain over your friend.
and bargain over your friend.
Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and dig [a pit] for your friend.
“But now, be pleased to look at me,
for I will not lie to your face.
for I will not lie to your face.
Now therefore if ye will, look upon me; and it shall be to your face if I lie.
Please turn; let no injustice be done.
Turn now; my vindication is at stake.
Turn now; my vindication is at stake.
Return, I pray you, let there be no wrong; yea, return again, my righteousness shall be in it.