1. Then Job answered,
2. "Listen carefully to my speech, And let this be your way of consolation.
3. "Bear with me that I may speak; Then after I have spoken, you may mock.
4. "As for me, is my complaint to man? And why should I not be impatient?
5. "Look at me, and be astonished, And put your hand over your mouth.
6. "Even when I remember, I am disturbed, And horror takes hold of my flesh.