Job 6:5-17
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5 Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder?
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6 Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the white of an egg?
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7 The things that my soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful meat.
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8 Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the thing that I long for!
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9 Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!
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10 Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.
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11 What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should prolong my life?
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12 Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brass?
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13 Is not my help in me? and is wisdom driven quite from me?
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14 To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.
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15 My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away;
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16 Which are blackish by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow is hid:
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17 What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.