The Book of Job
capítulo 6
verso 2
“Oh that my anguish were weighed, and all my calamity laid in the balances!
verso 3
For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas, therefore my words have been rash.
verso 4
For the arrows of the Almighty are within me. My spirit drinks up their poison. The terrors of God set themselves in array against me.
verso 5
Does the wild donkey bray when he has grass? Or does the ox low over his fodder?
verso 6
Can that which has no flavor be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?
verso 7
My soul refuses to touch them. They are as loathsome food to me.
verso 8
“Oh that I might have my request, that God would grant the thing that I long for,
verso 9
even that it would please God to crush me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!
verso 10
Let it still be my consolation, yes, let me exult in pain that doesn’t spare, that I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
verso 11
What is my strength, that I should wait? What is my end, that I should be patient?
verso 12
Is my strength the strength of stones? Or is my flesh of bronze?
verso 13
Isn’t it that I have no help in me, that wisdom is driven away from me?
verso 14
“To him who is ready to faint, kindness should be shown from his friend; even to him who forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
verso 15
My brothers have dealt deceitfully as a brook, as the channel of brooks that pass away;
verso 16
which are black by reason of the ice, in which the snow hides itself.
verso 17
In the dry season, they vanish. When it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.
verso 18
The caravans that travel beside them turn away. They go up into the waste, and perish.
verso 19
The caravans of Tema looked. The companies of Sheba waited for them.
verso 20
They were distressed because they were confident. They came there, and were confounded.
verso 21
For now you are nothing. You see a terror, and are afraid.
verso 22
Did I ever say, ‘Give to me?’ or, ‘Offer a present for me from your substance?’
verso 23
or, ‘Deliver me from the adversary’s hand?’ or, ‘Redeem me from the hand of the oppressors?’
verso 24
“Teach me, and I will hold my peace. Cause me to understand my error.
verso 25
How forcible are words of uprightness! But your reproof, what does it reprove?
verso 26
Do you intend to reprove words, since the speeches of one who is desperate are as wind?
verso 27
Yes, you would even cast lots for the fatherless, and make merchandise of your friend.
verso 28
Now therefore be pleased to look at me, for surely I will not lie to your face.
verso 29
Please return. Let there be no injustice. Yes, return again. My cause is righteous.
verso 30
Is there injustice on my tongue? Can’t my taste discern mischievous things?
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