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Job: My Complaint Is Just
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Job Replies: My Complaint Is Just
Then Job answered and said:
Then 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 vexation were weighed,
and all my calamity laid in the balances!
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 then it would be heavier than the sand of the sea;
therefore my words have been rash.
therefore my words have been rash.
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 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.
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?
Does the wild donkey bray when he has grass,
or the ox low over his fodder?
or the ox low 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?
My soul refuses to touch them;
They are as loathsome food to me.
They are as loathsome food to me.
“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 fulfill my hope,
and that God would fulfill my hope,
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!
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!
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.
“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 wait?
And what is my end, that I should be patient?
And what is my end, that I should be patient?
Is my strength the strength of stones?
Or is my flesh bronze?
Or is my flesh bronze?
Is my strength the strength of stones, or is my flesh bronze?
Is my help not within me?
And is success driven from me?
And is success driven from me?
Have I any help in me,
when resource is driven from me?
when resource is driven from me?
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 brothers are treacherous as a torrent-bed,
as torrential streams that pass away,
as torrential streams that pass away,
Which are dark because of the ice,
And into which the snow vanishes.
And into which the snow vanishes.
which are dark with ice,
and where the snow hides itself.
and where the snow hides 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.
When they melt, they disappear;
when it is hot, they vanish from their place.
when it is hot, they vanish from their place.
The paths of their way turn aside,
They go nowhere and perish.
They go nowhere and perish.
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 of Tema look,
The travelers of Sheba hope for them.
The travelers of Sheba hope for them.
The caravans of Tema look,
the travelers of Sheba hope.
the travelers of Sheba hope.
They are ashamed because they were confident;
they come there and are disappointed.
they come there and are disappointed.
For now you are nothing,
You see terror and are afraid.
You see terror and are afraid.
For you have now become nothing;
you see my calamity and are afraid.
you see my calamity 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’?
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’?
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, ‘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’?
“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 be silent;
make me understand how I have gone astray.
make me understand how I have gone astray.
How forceful are right words!
But what does your arguing prove?
But what does your arguing prove?
How forceful are upright words!
But what does reproof from you reprove?
But what does reproof from you 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 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?
Yes, you overwhelm the fatherless,
And you undermine your friend.
And you undermine your friend.
You would even cast lots over the fatherless,
and bargain over your friend.
and bargain over 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.
“But now, be pleased to look at me,
for I will not lie to your face.
for I will not 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.