Job 6 — TOJB

6Verse 1But Iyov answered and said,^{Verse 2}Oh that my ka'as (vexation) were throughly weighed,
and my calamity laid in the scales together!
^{Verse 3}For now it would be heavier than the chol of the seas;
therefore my words are impetuous.
^{Verse 4}For the khitzim (arrows) of Shaddai are in me,
the poison whereof drinketh my ruach;
the terrors of Eloah do set themselves in array against me.
^{Verse 5}Doth the pereh (wild donkey) bray when he hath desheh?
Or loweth the ox over his fodder?
^{Verse 6}Can that which is tasteless be eaten without melach?
Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?
^{Verse 7}The things that my nefesh refused to touch
are like my loathsome lechem.^{Verse 8}Who will grant that I might have my she'elah (request);
oh that Eloah would grant me my tikveh!
^{Verse 9}Even that it would please Eloah to crush me;
that He would let loose His yad, and cut me off!
^{Verse 10}Then should I yet have nechamah (consolation);
yea, I would exult in chilah (pain);
let him not spare;
for I have not concealed
the imrei Kadosh (words of the Holy One).^{Verse 11}What is my koach, that I should wait?
And what is mine end, that I should make patient my nefesh?
^{Verse 12}Is my koach the koach of avanim?
Or is my basar bronze?
^{Verse 13}Is it that my help is not within me?
And is tushiyyah (success) driven from me?
^{Verse 14}To him that is afflicted, chesed should be shown from his friend;
otherwise, he forsaketh the fear of Shaddai.
^{Verse 15}Achai (my brethren) have dealt deceitfully as a wadi,
and as the torrents of wadis they vanish away;
^{Verse 16}Which are blackish muddy by reason of the kerakh (ice),
and wherein the sheleg (snow) is melted.
^{Verse 17}What season they become warm, they vanish;
when it is hot, they disappear from their makom.
^{Verse 18}The paths of their derech wind about;
they go up to tohu,⁺and perish.
^{Verse 19}The caravans of Tema looked for them;
the halichot (traveling companies) of Sheva hoped for them.
^{Verse 20}They were disappointed because of their bitachon;
they come there and are confounded.
^{Verse 21}For now ye are become such;
ye see my chatat (casting down), and are afraid.
^{Verse 22}Did I say, Bring unto me?
Or, Give a present for me of your ko'ach (power, wealth)?
^{Verse 23}Or, Deliver me from the yad tzar (hand of the enemy, oppressor)?
Or, Redeem me with a ransom from the yad of the tyrants?^{Verse 24}Teach me, and I will hold my tongue,
and cause me to have binah wherein I have erred.
^{Verse 25}How forcible are the imrei yosher (words of rectitude)!
But what doth your hokhiach (reproof) reprove?
^{Verse 26}Do ye think to reprove words?
The words of one in despair, which are as ruach?
^{Verse 27}Yea, ye cast lots for the yatom,
and over your friend ye barter.
^{Verse 28}Now therefore be pleased to look upon me;
for it is evident unto you if in me there is kazav (falsity).
^{Verse 29}Turn, now, let there be no iniquity;
yea, turn again; at issue is my tzedek (righteousness).
^{Verse 30}Is there iniquity on my leshon?
Cannot my palate discern havvot (perverse things)?