<h3>Job</h3>6 Then Job replied:<poetry> 2 <poetry>“If only my anguish could be weighed <indent>and all my misery be placed on the scales! </indent> </poetry> 3 <poetry>It would surely outweigh the sand of the seas— <indent>no wonder my words have been impetuous. </indent> </poetry> 4 <poetry>The arrows of the Almighty are in me, <indent>my spirit drinks in their poison; </indent> <indent>God’s terrors are marshaled against me. </indent> </poetry> 5 <poetry>Does a wild donkey bray when it has grass, <indent>or an ox bellow when it has fodder? </indent> </poetry> 6 <poetry>Is tasteless food eaten without salt, <indent>or is there flavor in the sap of the mallow ? </indent> </poetry> 7 <poetry>I refuse to touch it; <indent>such food makes me ill. </indent><poetry></poetry> 8 <poetry>“Oh, that I might have my request, <indent>that God would grant what I hope for, </indent> </poetry> 9 <poetry>that God would be willing to crush me, <indent>to let loose his hand and cut off my life! </indent> </poetry> 10 <poetry>Then I would still have this consolation — <indent>my joy in unrelenting pain —</indent> <indent>that I had not denied the words of the Holy One. </indent><poetry></poetry> 11 <poetry>“What strength do I have, that I should still hope? <indent>What prospects, that I should be patient? </indent> </poetry> 12 <poetry>Do I have the strength of stone? <indent>Is my flesh bronze? </indent> </poetry> 13 <poetry>Do I have any power to help myself, <indent>now that success has been driven from me?</indent><poetry></poetry> 14 <poetry>“Anyone who withholds kindness from a friend <indent>forsakes the fear of the Almighty. </indent> </poetry> 15 <poetry>But my brothers are as undependable as intermittent streams, <indent>as the streams that overflow</indent> </poetry>

Job 6:1

“If only my anguish could be weighed <indent>and all my misery be placed on the scales!<cr>1</cr> </indent>

Job 6:2

It would surely outweigh the sand<cr>1</cr> of the seas— <indent>no wonder my words have been impetuous.<cr>2</cr> </indent>

Job 6:3

The arrows<cr>1</cr> of the Almighty<cr>2</cr> are in me,<cr>3</cr> <indent>my spirit drinks<cr>4</cr> in their poison;<cr>5</cr> </indent> <indent>God’s terrors<cr>6</cr> are marshaled against me.<cr>7</cr> </indent>

Job 6:4

Does a wild donkey<cr>1</cr> bray<cr>2</cr> when it has grass, <indent>or an ox bellow when it has fodder?<cr>3</cr> </indent>

Job 6:5

Is tasteless food eaten without salt, <indent>or is there flavor in the sap of the mallow<ft>1</ft>?<cr>1</cr> </indent>

Job 6:6

I refuse to touch it; <indent>such food makes me ill.<cr>1</cr> </indent><pb/><poetry>

Job 6:7

“Oh, that I might have my request, <indent>that God would grant what I hope for,<cr>1</cr> </indent>

Job 6:8

that God would be willing to crush<cr>1</cr> me, <indent>to let loose his hand and cut off my life!<cr>2</cr> </indent>

Job 6:9

Then I would still have this consolation<cr>1</cr> — <indent>my joy in unrelenting pain<cr>2</cr> —</indent> <indent>that I had not denied the words<cr>3</cr> of the Holy One.<cr>4</cr> </indent><pb/><poetry>

Job 6:10

“What strength do I have, that I should still hope? <indent>What prospects, that I should be patient?<cr>1</cr> </indent>

Job 6:11

Do I have the strength of stone? <indent>Is my flesh bronze?<cr>1</cr> </indent>

Job 6:12

Do I have any power to help myself,<cr>1</cr> <indent>now that success has been driven from me?</indent><pb/><poetry>

Job 6:13

“Anyone who withholds kindness from a friend<cr>1</cr> <indent>forsakes the fear of the Almighty.<cr>2</cr> </indent>

Job 6:14

But my brothers are as undependable as intermittent streams,<cr>1</cr> <indent>as the streams that overflow</indent>

Job 6:15

 1 Then Job replied:  2 “If only my anguish could be weighed and all my misery be placed on the scales!    3 It would surely outweigh the sand   of the seas— no wonder my words have been impetuous.    4 The arrows   of the Almighty   are in me,   my spirit drinks   in their poison;   God’s terrors   are marshaled against me.    5 Does a wild donkey   bray   when it has grass, or an ox bellow when it has fodder?    6 Is tasteless food eaten without salt, or is there flavor in the sap of the mallow ?    7 I refuse to touch it; such food makes me ill.    8 “Oh, that I might have my request, that God would grant what I hope for,    9 that God would be willing to crush   me, to let loose his hand and cut off my life!    10 Then I would still have this consolation  — my joy in unrelenting pain  — that I had not denied the words   of the Holy One.    11 “What strength do I have, that I should still hope? What prospects, that I should be patient?    12 Do I have the strength of stone? Is my flesh bronze?    13 Do I have any power to help myself,   now that success has been driven from me?  14 “Anyone who withholds kindness from a friend   forsakes the fear of the Almighty.    15 But my brothers are as undependable as intermittent streams,   as the streams that overflow 

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