1. Then Job answered:
2. “I wish my suffering could be weighed and all my trouble be put on the scales.
3. They would be heavier than all the sand of the sea! That is why my words are so crazy.
4. God All-Powerful has shot me with his arrows. My spirit feels their poison! God’s terrible weapons are lined up against me.
5. Even a wild donkey does not complain when it has grass to eat. And a cow is quiet when it has food.
6. Food without salt does not taste good, and the white of an egg has no taste.
7. I refuse to touch that kind of food; it makes me sick!
8. “I wish I could have what I ask for. I wish God would give me what I want.