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96 lines
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Job Replies: My Complaint Is Just
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# Chapter 6
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1. Then Job answered and said:
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2. "Oh that my vexation were weighed,
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and all my calamity laid in the balances!
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3. For then it would be heavier than the sand of the sea;
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therefore my words have been rash.
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4. For the arrows of the Almighty are in me;
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my spirit drinks their poison;
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the terrors of God are arrayed against me.
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5. Does the wild donkey bray when he has grass,
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or the ox low over his fodder?
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6. Can that which is tasteless be eaten without salt,
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or is there any taste in the juice of the mallow?
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7. My appetite refuses to touch them;
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they are as food that is loathsome to me.
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8. "Oh that I might have my request,
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and that God would fulfill my hope,
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9. that it would please God to crush me,
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that he would let loose his hand and cut me off!
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10. This would be my comfort;
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I would even exult in pain unsparing,
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for I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
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11. What is my strength, that I should wait?
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And what is my end, that I should be patient?
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12. Is my strength the strength of stones, or is my flesh bronze?
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13. Have I any help in me,
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when resource is driven from me?
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14. "He who withholds kindness from a friend
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forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
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15. My brothers are treacherous as a torrent-bed,
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as torrential streams that pass away,
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16. which are dark with ice,
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and where the snow hides itself.
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17. When they melt, they disappear;
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when it is hot, they vanish from their place.
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18. The caravans turn aside from their course;
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they go up into the waste and perish.
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19. The caravans of Tema look,
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the travelers of Sheba hope.
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20. They are ashamed because they were confident;
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they come there and are disappointed.
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21. For you have now become nothing;
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you see my calamity and are afraid.
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22. Have I said, 'Make me a gift'?
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Or, 'From your wealth offer a bribe for me'?
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23. Or, 'Deliver me from the adversary's hand'?
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Or, 'Redeem me from the hand of the ruthless'?
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24. "Teach me, and I will be silent;
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make me understand how I have gone astray.
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25. How forceful are upright words!
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But what does reproof from you reprove?
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26. Do you think that you can reprove words,
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when the speech of a despairing man is wind?
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27. You would even cast lots over the fatherless,
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and bargain over your friend.
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28. "But now, be pleased to look at me,
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for I will not lie to your face.
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29. Please turn; let no injustice be done.
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Turn now; my vindication is at stake.
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30. Is there any injustice on my tongue?
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Cannot my palate discern the cause of calamity?
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