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Job: 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 grief were fully weighed,
And my calamity laid with it on the scales!
And my calamity laid with it on the scales!
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 within me;
My spirit drinks in their poison;
The terrors of God are arrayed against me.
My spirit drinks in 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 it has grass,
Or does the ox low over its fodder?
Or does the ox low over its fodder?
Doth the wild ass bray by the grass? loweth an ox over his fodder?
Can flavorless food be eaten without salt?
Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?
Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?
Shall that which is insipid be eaten without salt? Is there any taste in the white of an egg?
My soul refuses to touch them;
They are as loathsome food to me.
They are as loathsome food to me.
What my soul refuseth to touch, that is as my loathsome food.
“Oh, that I might have my request,
That God would grant me the thing that I long for!
That God would grant me the thing that I long for!
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 loose His hand and cut me off!
That He would 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 I would still have comfort;
Though in anguish I would exult,
He will not spare;
For I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.
Though in anguish I would exult,
He will not spare;
For I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.
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 strength do I have, that I should hope?
And what is my end, that I should prolong my life?
And what is my end, that I should prolong my life?
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?
Or is my flesh bronze?
Is my strength the strength of stones? is my flesh of brass?
Is my help not within me?
And is success driven from me?
And is success 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 have dealt deceitfully like a brook,
Like the streams of the brooks that pass away,
Like the streams of the brooks that pass away,
My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a stream, as the channel of streams which pass away,
Which are dark because of the ice,
And into which the snow vanishes.
And into which the snow vanishes.
Which are turbid by reason of the ice, in which the snow hideth itself:
When it is warm, they cease to flow;
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 paths of their way turn aside,
They go nowhere and perish.
They go nowhere 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 for them.
The travelers of Sheba hope for them.
The caravans of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba counted on them:
They are ashamed at their hope; they come thither, and are confounded.
For now you are nothing,
You see terror and are afraid.
You see terror and are afraid.
So now ye are nothing; ye see a terrible object and are afraid.
Did I ever say, ‘Bring something to me’?
Or, ‘Offer a bribe for me from your wealth’?
Or, ‘Offer a bribe for me from your wealth’?
Did I say, Bring unto me, and make me a present from your substance?
Or, ‘Deliver me from the enemy’s hand’?
Or, ‘Redeem me from the hand of oppressors’?
Or, ‘Redeem me from the hand of oppressors’?
Or, rescue me from the hand of the oppressor, and redeem me from the hand of the violent?
“Teach me, and I will hold my tongue;
Cause me to understand wherein I have erred.
Cause me to understand wherein I have erred.
Teach me, and I will hold my tongue; and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.
How forceful are right words!
But what does your arguing prove?
But what does your arguing prove?
How forcible are right words! but what doth your upbraiding reprove?
Do you intend to rebuke my words,
And the speeches of a desperate one, which are as wind?
And the speeches of a desperate one, which are as wind?
Do ye imagine to reprove words? The speeches of one that is desperate are indeed for the wind.
Yes, you overwhelm the fatherless,
And you undermine your friend.
And you undermine your friend.
Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and dig [a pit] for your friend.
Now therefore, be pleased to look at me;
For I would never lie to your face.
For I would never lie to your face.
Now therefore if ye will, look upon me; and it shall be to your face if I lie.
Return, I pray you, let there be no wrong; yea, return again, my righteousness shall be in it.