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Job 6:3-13

3 For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up.

3 It would surely outweigh the sand of the seas— no wonder my words have been impetuous.

4 For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.

4 The arrows of the Almighty are in me, my spirit drinks in their poison; God’s terrors are marshaled against me.

5 Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder?

5 Does a wild donkey bray when it has grass, or an ox bellow when it has fodder?

6 Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the white of an egg?

6 Is tasteless food eaten without salt, or is there flavor in the sap of the mallow ?

7 The things that my soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful meat.

7 I refuse to touch it; such food makes me ill.

8 Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the thing that I long for!

8 “Oh, that I might have my request, that God would grant what I hope for,

9 Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!

9 that God would be willing to crush me, to let loose his hand and cut off my life!

10 Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.

10 Then I would still have this consolation— my joy in unrelenting pain— that I had not denied the words of the Holy One.

11 What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should prolong my life?

11 “What strength do I have, that I should still hope? What prospects, that I should be patient?

12 Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brass?

12 Do I have the strength of stone? Is my flesh bronze?

13 Is not my help in me? and is wisdom driven quite from me?

13 Do I have any power to help myself, now that success has been driven from me?

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