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