Job 6:11-30

11What is my strength, that I should wait? And what is my end, that I should 12endure?12Is my strength the strength of stones, Or is my flesh bronze?13Is it that my 3help is not within me, And that 45deliverance is driven from me?

14“For the 6despairing man there should be kindness from his friend; So that he does not 7forsake the 8fear of the Almighty.15My brothers have acted 9deceitfully like a 10wadi, Like the torrents of 11wadis which vanish,16Which are turbid because of ice And into which the snow 12melts.17When 13they become waterless, they 14are silent, When it is hot, they vanish from their place.18The 15paths of their course wind along, They go up into nothing and perish.19The caravans of 16Tema looked, The travelers of 17Sheba hoped for them.20They 18were 19disappointed for they had trusted, They came there and were confounded.21Indeed, you have now become such, 20You see a terror and are afraid.22Have I said, ‘Give me something,’ Or, ‘Offer a bribe for me from your wealth,’23Or, ‘Deliver me from the hand of the adversary,’ Or, ‘Redeem me from the hand of the tyrants’?

24“Teach me, and 21I will be silent; And show me how I have erred.25How painful are honest words! But what does your argument prove?26Do you intend to reprove my words, When the 22words of one in despair belong to the wind?27You would even 23cast lots for 24the orphans And 25barter over your friend.28Now please look at me, And see if I 26lie to your face.29Desist now, let there be no injustice; Even desist, 27my righteousness is yet in it.30Is there injustice on my tongue? Cannot 28my palate discern 29calamities?