JOB’S REPLY TO ELIPHAZ

6 Then Job answered:

2 If only my grief could be weighed

and my devastationr placed with it on the scales.s

3 For then it would outweigh the sand of the seas!

That is why my words are rash.

4 Surely the arrows of the Almighty have piercedD me;

my spirit drinks their poison.

God’s terrors are arrayed against me.t

5 Does a wild donkey bray over fresh grass

or an ox low over its fodder?

6 Is bland food eaten without salt?

Is there flavor in an egg white?E

7 I refuse to touch them;

they are like contaminated food.u

8 If only my request would be granted

and God would provide what I hope for:

9 that he would decide to crush me,

to unleash his power and cut me off!

10 It would still bring me comfort,

and I would leap for joy in unrelenting pain

that I have not deniedF the words of the Holy One.v