Job 6:14-30

14“To the one in despair, kindness should come from his friend even if he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.

15My brothers have been as treacherous as a seasonal stream, and as the riverbeds of the intermittent streams that flow away.

16They are dark because of ice; snow is piled up over them.

17When they are scorched, they dry up, when it is hot, they vanish from their place.

18Caravans turn aside from their routes; they go into the wasteland and perish.

19The caravans of Tema looked intently for these streams; the traveling merchants of Sheba hoped for them.

20They were distressed, because each one had been so confident; they arrived there, but were disappointed.

21For now you have become like these streams that are no help; you see a terror, and are afraid.

22“Have I ever said, ‘Give me something, and from your fortune make gifts in my favor’?

23Or ‘Deliver me from the enemy’s power, and from the hand of tyrants ransom me’?

24“Teach me and I, for my part, will be silent; explain to me how I have been mistaken.

25How painful are honest words! But what does your reproof prove?

26Do you intend to criticize mere words, and treat the words of a despairing man as wind?

27Yes, you would gamble for the fatherless, and auction off your friend.

28“Now then, be good enough to look at me; and I will not lie to your face!

29Relent, let there be no falsehood; reconsider, for my righteousness is intact!

30Is there any falsehood on my lips? Can my mouth not discern evil things?