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What [is] my strength, that I should hope? and what [is] mine end, that I should prolong my life? (6:11) [Is] my strength the strength of stones? or [is] my flesh of brass? (6:12) [Is] not my help in me? and is wisdom driven quite from me? (6:13) To him that is afflicted pity [should be showed] from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty (6:14) My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, [and] as the stream of brooks they pass away; (6:15) Which are blackish by reason of the ice, [and] wherein the snow is hid: (6:16) What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place (6:17) The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and perish (6:18) The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them (6:19) They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed (6:20) For now ye are nothing; ye see [my] casting down, and are afraid (6:21) Did I say, Bring unto me? or, Give a reward for me of your substance? (6:22) Or, Deliver me from the enemy's hand? or, Redeem me from the hand of the mighty? (6:23) Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred (6:24) How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove? (6:25) Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, [which are] as wind? (6:26) Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig [a pit] for your friend (6:27) Now therefore be content, look upon me; for [it is] evident unto you if I lie (6:28) Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my righteousness [is] in it (6:29) Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things?
(6:30)
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