Job 16:1-7

1 Then Job defended himself:
2 "I've had all I can take of your talk. What a bunch of miserable comforters!
3 Is there no end to your windbag speeches? What's your problem that you go on and on like this?
4 If you were in my shoes, I could talk just like you. I could put together a terrific harangue and really let you have it.
5 But I'd never do that. I'd console and comfort, make things better, not worse!
6 "When I speak up, I feel no better; if I say nothing, that doesn't help either.
7 I feel worn down. God, you have wasted me totally - me and my family!
Published by permission. Originally published by NavPress in English as THE MESSAGE: The Bible in Contemporary Language copyright 2002 by Eugene Peterson. All rights reserved.