1<\/sup>But Job answered, and said:<\/span> <\/p>\n 2<\/sup>O that my sins, whereby I have deserved wrath, and the calamity that I suffer, were weighed in a balance.<\/span> <\/p>\n 3<\/sup>As the sand of the sea this would appear heavier: therefore my words are full of sorrow :<\/span> <\/p>\n 4<\/sup>For the arrows of the Lord are in me, the rage whereof drinketh up my spirit, and the terrors of the Lord war against me.<\/span> <\/p>\n 5<\/sup>Will the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or will the ox low when he standeth before a full manger?<\/span> <\/p>\n 6<\/sup>Or can an unsavoury thing be eaten, that is not seasoned with salt? or can a man taste that which when tasted bringeth death?<\/span> <\/p>\n 7<\/sup>The things which before my soul would not touch, now, through anguish are my meats.<\/span> <\/p>\n 8<\/sup>Who will grant that my request may come: and that God may give me what I look for?<\/span> <\/p>\n 9<\/sup>And that he that hath begun may destroy me, that he may let loose his hand, and cut me off?<\/span> <\/p>\n 10<\/sup>And that this may be my comfort, that afflicting me with sorrow, he spare not, nor I contradict the words of the Holy One.<\/span> <\/p>\n 11<\/sup>For what is my strength, that I can hold out? or what is my end that I should keep patience?<\/span> <\/p>\n 12<\/sup>My strength is not the strength of stones, nor is my flesh of brass.<\/span> <\/p>\n 13<\/sup>Behold there is no help for me in myself, and my familiar friends also are departed from me.<\/span> <\/p>\n 14<\/sup>He that taketh away mercy from his friend, forsaketh the fear of the Lord.<\/span> <\/p>\n 15<\/sup>My brethren have passed by me, as the torrent that passeth swiftly in the valleys.<\/span> <\/p>\n 16<\/sup>They that fear the hoary frost, the snow shall fall upon them.<\/span> <\/p>\n 17<\/sup>At the time when they shall be scattered they shall perish: and after it groweth hot they shall be melted out of their place.<\/span> <\/p>\n 18<\/sup>The paths of their steps are entangled: they shall walk in vain, and shall perish.<\/span> <\/p>\n 19<\/sup>Consider the paths of Thema, the ways of Saba, and wait a little while.<\/span> <\/p>\n 20<\/sup>They are confounded, because I have hoped: they are come also even unto me, and are covered with shame.<\/span> <\/p>\n 21<\/sup>Now you are come: and now seeing my affliction you are afraid.<\/span> <\/p>\n 22<\/sup>Did I say: Bring to me, and give me of your substance?<\/span> <\/p>\n 23<\/sup>Or deliver me from the hand of the enemy, and rescue me out of the hand of the mighty?<\/span> <\/p>\n 24<\/sup>Teach me, and I will hold my peace: and if I have been ignorant in any thing, instruct me.<\/span> <\/p>\n 25<\/sup>Why have you detracted the words of truth, whereas there is none of you that can reprove me?<\/span> <\/p>\n 26<\/sup>You dress up speeches only to rebuke, and you utter words to the wind.<\/span> <\/p>\n 27<\/sup>You rush in upon the fatherless, and you endeavour to overthrow your friend.<\/span> <\/p>\n 28<\/sup>However finish what you have begun, give ear, and see whether I lie.<\/span> <\/p>\n 29<\/sup>Answer, I beseech you, without contention: and speaking that which is just, judge ye.<\/span> <\/p>\n 30<\/sup>And you shall not And iniquity in my tongue, neither shall folly sound in my mouth.<\/span> <\/p>\n