1Then Job answered, 2"Oh that my anguish were weighed, 3For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas, 4For the arrows of the Almighty are within me. 5Does the wild donkey bray when he has grass? 6Can that which has no flavor be eaten without salt? 7My soul refuses to touch them. 8"Oh that I might have my request, 9even that it would please God to crush me; 10Be it still my consolation, 11What is my strength, that I should wait? 12Is my strength the strength of stones? 13Isn't it that I have no help in me, 14"To him who is ready to faint, kindness should be shown from his friend; 15My brothers have dealt deceitfully as a brook, 16Which are black by reason of the ice, 17In the dry season, they vanish. 18The caravans that travel beside them turn aside. 19The caravans of Tema looked. 20They were distressed because they were confident. 21For now you are nothing. 22Did I say, 'Give to me?' 23or, 'Deliver me from the adversary's hand?' 24"Teach me, and I will hold my peace. 25How forcible are words of uprightness! 26Do you intend to reprove words, 27Yes, you would even cast lots for the fatherless, 28Now therefore be pleased to look at me, 29Please return. 30Is there injustice on my tongue?