7. My soul refuseth to touch them; They are as loathsome food to me.
8. Oh that I might have my request; And that God would grant me the thing that I long for!
9. Even that it would please God to crush me; That he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!
10. And be it still my consolation, Yea, let me exult in pain that spareth not, That I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
11. What is my strength, that I should wait? And what is mine end, that I should be patient?
12. Is my strength the strength of stones? Or is my flesh of brass?
13. Is it not that I have no help in me, And that wisdom is driven quite from me?
14. To him that is ready to faint kindness should be showed from his friend; Even to him that forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.
15. My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, As the channel of brooks that pass away;
16. Which are black by reason of the ice, And wherein the snow hideth itself:
17. What time they wax warm, they vanish; When it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.
18. The caravans that travel by the way of them turn aside; They go up into the waste, and perish.
19. The caravans of Tema looked, The companies of Sheba waited for them.
20. They were put to shame because they had hoped; They came thither, and were confounded.
21. For now ye are nothing; Ye see a terror, and are afraid.