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But Job answered and said, (6:1)

Oh that my grief were thoroughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together! (6:2)

For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up (6:3)

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 (6:4)

Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder? (6:5)

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

The things [that] my soul refused to touch [are] as my sorrowful meat (6:7)

Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant [me] the thing that I long for! (6:8)

Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off! (6:9)

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 (6:10)

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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