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

(ESV)