<vn='1'>But <sn="347">Job</s><sn="6030">answered</s> and <sn="559">said</s>, </v>
<vn='2'>Oh <sn="3863">that</s> my <sn="3708">grief</s> were throughly <sn="8254 8254">weighed</s>, and my <sn="1942">calamity</s><sn="5375">laid</s> in the <sn="3976">balances</s><sn="3162">together</s>! </v>
<vn='3'><sn="3588">For</s><sn="6258">now</s> it would be <sn="3513">heavier</s> than the <sn="4480 2344">sand</s> of the <sn="3220">sea</s>: <sn="5921 3651">therefore</s> my <sn="1697">words</s> are swallowed <sn="3886">up</s>. </v>
<vn='4'><sn="3588">For</s> the <sn="2671">arrows</s> of the <sn="7706">Almighty</s> are <sn="5978">within</s> me, the <sn="2534">poison</s><sn="834">whereof</s> drinketh <sn="8354">up</s> my <sn="7307">spirit</s>: the <sn="1161">terrors</s> of <sn="433">God</s> do set themselves in array <sn="6186">against</s> me. </v>
<vn='5'>Doth the wild <sn="6501">ass</s><sn="5101">bray</s> when he hath <sn="1877">grass</s>? <sn="518">or</s><sn="1600">loweth</s> the <sn="7794">ox</s><sn="5921">over</s> his <sn="1098">fodder</s>? </v>
<vn='6'>Can that which is <sn="8602">unsavory</s> be <sn="398">eaten</s><sn="4480 1097">without</s><sn="4417">salt</s>? <sn="518">or</s> is <sn="3426">there</s> any <sn="2940">taste</s> in the <sn="7388">white</s> of an <sn="2495">egg</s>? </v>
<vn='7'>The <sn="1992">things</s> that my <sn="5315">soul</s><sn="3985">refused</s> to <sn="5060">touch</s> are as my <sn="1741">sorrowful</s><sn="3899">meat</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>Oh <sn="4310">that</s> I <sn="5414">might</s><sn="935">have</s> my <sn="7596">request</s>; and that <sn="433">God</s> would <sn="5414">grant</s> me the thing that I long <sn="8615">for</s>! </v>
<vn='9'>Even that it would <sn="2974">please</s><sn="433">God</s> to <sn="1792">destroy</s> me; that he would let <sn="5425">loose</s> his <sn="3027">hand</s>, and cut me <sn="1214">off</s>! </v>
<vn='10'>Then should I <sn="5750">yet</s><sn="1961">have</s><sn="5165">comfort</s>; yea, I would <sn="5539">harden</s> myself in <sn="2427">sorrow</s>: let him <sn="3808">not</s><sn="2550">spare</s>; <sn="3588">for</s> I have <sn="3808">not</s><sn="3582">concealed</s> the <sn="561">words</s> of the Holy <sn="6918">One</s>. </v>
<vn='11'><sn="4100">What</s> is my <sn="3581">strength</s>, <sn="3588">that</s> I should <sn="3176">hope</s>? and <sn="4100">what</s> is mine <sn="7093">end</s>, <sn="3588">that</s> I should <sn="748">prolong</s> my <sn="5315">life</s>? </v>
<vn='12'> Is my <sn="3581">strength</s> the <sn="3581">strength</s> of <sn="68">stones</s>? or is my <sn="1320">flesh</s> of <sn="5153">brass</s>? </v>
<vn='13'> Is <sn="369">not</s> my <sn="5833">help</s> in me? and is <sn="8454">wisdom</s><sn="5080">driven</s> quite <sn="4480">from</s> me? </v>
<vn='14'>To him that is <sn="4523">afflicted</s><sn="2617">pity</s> should be showed from his <sn="4480 7453">friend</s>; but he <sn="5800">forsaketh</s> the <sn="3374">fear</s> of the <sn="7706">Almighty</s>. </v>
<vn='15'>My <sn="251">brethren</s> have dealt <sn="898">deceitfully</s><sn="3644">as</s> a <sn="5158">brook</s>, and as the <sn="650">stream</s> of <sn="5158">brooks</s> they pass <sn="5674">away</s>; </v>
<vn='16'>Which are <sn="6937">blackish</s> by reason <sn="4480">of</s> the <sn="7140">ice</s>, and <sn="5921">wherein</s> the <sn="7950">snow</s> is <sn="5956">hid</s>: </v>
<vn='17'>What <sn="6256">time</s> they wax <sn="2215">warm</s>, they <sn="6789">vanish</s>: when it is <sn="2522">hot</s>, they are <sn="1846">consumed</s> out of their <sn="4480 4725">place</s>. </v>
<vn='18'>The <sn="734">paths</s> of their <sn="1870">way</s> are turned <sn="3943">aside</s>; they <sn="5927">go</s> to <sn="8414">nothing</s>, and <sn="6">perish</s>. </v>
<vn='19'>The <sn="734">troops</s> of <sn="8485">Tema</s><sn="5027">looked</s>, the <sn="1979">companies</s> of <sn="7614">Sheba</s><sn="6960">waited</s><sn="3926">for</s> them. </v>
<vn='20'>They were <sn="954">confounded</s><sn="3588">because</s> they had <sn="982">hoped</s>; they <sn="935">came</s><sn="5704">thither</s>, and were <sn="2659">ashamed</s>. </v>
<vn='21'><sn="3588">For</s><sn="6258">now</s> ye <sn="1961">are</s><sn="3808">nothing</s>; ye <sn="7200">see</s> my casting <sn="2866">down</s>, and are <sn="3372">afraid</s>. </v>
<vn='22'><sn="3588">Did</s> I <sn="559">say</s>, <sn="3051">Bring</s> unto me? or, Give a <sn="7809">reward</s><sn="1157">for</s> me of your <sn="4480 3581">substance</s>? </v>
<vn='23'>Or, <sn="4422">Deliver</s> me from the enemy's <sn="4480 3027 6862">hand</s>? or, <sn="6299">Redeem</s> me from the <sn="4480 3027">hand</s> of the <sn="6184">mighty</s>? </v>
<vn='24'><sn="3384">Teach</s> me, and <sn="589">I</s> will hold my <sn="2790">tongue</s>: and cause me to <sn="995">understand</s><sn="4100">wherein</s> I have <sn="7686">erred</s>. </v>
<vn='25'><sn="4100">How</s><sn="4834">forcible</s> are <sn="3476">right</s><sn="561">words</s>! but <sn="4100">what</s> doth your <sn="3198">arguing</s><sn="3198 4480">reprove</s>? </v>
<vn='26'>Do ye <sn="2803">imagine</s> to <sn="3198">reprove</s><sn="4405">words</s>, and the <sn="561">speeches</s> of one that is <sn="2976">desperate</s>, which are as <sn="7307">wind</s>? </v>
<vn='27'><sn="637">Yea</s>, ye <sn="5307 5921">overwhelm</s> the <sn="3490">fatherless</s>, and ye <sn="3738">dig</s> a pit <sn="5921">for</s> your <sn="7453">friend</s>. </v>
<vn='28'><sn="6258">Now</s> therefore be <sn="2974">content</s>, <sn="6437">look</s> upon me; for it is evident <sn="5921 6440">unto</s> you <sn="518">if</s> I <sn="3576">lie</s>. </v>
<vn='29'><sn="7725">Return</s>, I pray <sn="4994">you</s>, let it <sn="408">not</s><sn="1961">be</s><sn="5766">iniquity</s>; yea, <sn="7725">return</s><sn="5750">again</s>, my <sn="6664">righteousness</s> is in it. </v>
<vn='30'>Is <sn="3426">there</s><sn="5766">iniquity</s> in my <sn="3956">tongue</s>? <sn="3808">cannot</s> my <sn="2441">taste</s><sn="995">discern</s> perverse <sn="1942">things</s>? </v>