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Job Replies: My Complaint Is Just
Then Job answered and said:
Then Job answered and said:
Job’s Second Speech: A Response to Eliphaz
Then Job spoke again:
Then Job spoke again:
“Oh that my vexation were weighed,
and all my calamity laid in the balances!
and all my calamity laid in the balances!
“If my misery could be weighed
and my troubles be put on the scales,
and my troubles be put on the scales,
For then it would be heavier than the sand of the sea;
therefore my words have been rash.
therefore my words have been rash.
they would outweigh all the sands of the sea.
That is why I spoke impulsively.
That is why I spoke impulsively.
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 Almighty has struck me down with his arrows.
Their poison infects my spirit.
God’s terrors are lined up against me.
Their poison infects my spirit.
God’s terrors are lined up 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?
Don’t I have a right to complain?
Don’t wild donkeys bray when they find no grass,
and oxen bellow when they have no food?
Don’t wild donkeys bray when they find no grass,
and oxen bellow when they have no food?
My appetite disappears when I look at it;
I gag at the thought of eating it!
I gag at the thought of eating it!
“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,
that God would grant my desire.
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!
I wish he would crush me.
I wish he would reach out his hand and kill me.
I wish he would reach out his hand and kill me.
At least I can take comfort in this:
Despite the pain,
I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
Despite the pain,
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?
But I don’t have the strength to endure.
I have nothing to live for.
I have nothing to live for.
Is my strength the strength of stones, or is my flesh bronze?
Do I have the strength of a stone?
Is my body made of bronze?
Is my body made of bronze?
Have I any help in me,
when resource is driven from me?
when resource is driven from me?
No, I am utterly helpless,
without any chance of success.
without any chance of success.
My brothers are treacherous as a torrent-bed,
as torrential streams that pass away,
as torrential streams that pass away,
My brothers, you have proved as unreliable as a seasonal brook
that overflows its banks in the spring
that overflows its banks in the spring
which are dark with ice,
and where the snow hides itself.
and where the snow hides itself.
when it is swollen with ice and melting snow.
When they melt, they disappear;
when it is hot, they vanish from their place.
when it is hot, they vanish from their place.
But when the hot weather arrives, the water disappears.
The brook vanishes in the heat.
The brook vanishes in the heat.
The caravans turn aside from their course;
they go up into the waste and perish.
they go up into the waste and perish.
The caravans turn aside to be refreshed,
but there is nothing to drink, so they die.
but there is nothing to drink, so they die.
The caravans of Tema look,
the travelers of Sheba hope.
the travelers of Sheba hope.
The caravans from Tema search for this water;
the travelers from Sheba hope to find it.
the travelers from Sheba hope to find it.
They are ashamed because they were confident;
they come there and are disappointed.
they come there and are disappointed.
They count on it but are disappointed.
When they arrive, their hopes are dashed.
When they arrive, their hopes are dashed.
For you have now become nothing;
you see my calamity and are afraid.
you see my calamity and are afraid.
You, too, have given no help.
You have seen my calamity, and you are afraid.
You have seen my calamity, and you 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’?
But why? Have I ever asked you for a gift?
Have I begged for anything of yours for myself?
Have I begged for anything of yours for myself?
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’?
Have I asked you to rescue me from my enemies,
or to save me from ruthless people?
or to save me from ruthless people?
“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 keep quiet.
Show me what I have done wrong.
Show me what I have done wrong.
How forceful are upright words!
But what does reproof from you reprove?
But what does reproof from you reprove?
Honest words can be painful,
but what do your criticisms amount to?
but what do your criticisms amount to?
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 you think your words are convincing
when you disregard my cry of desperation?
when you disregard my cry of desperation?
You would even cast lots over the fatherless,
and bargain over your friend.
and bargain over 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.
Look at me!
Would I lie to your face?
Would I lie to your face?
Please turn; let no injustice be done.
Turn now; my vindication is at stake.
Turn now; my vindication is at stake.
Stop assuming my guilt,
for I have done no wrong.
for I have done no wrong.