6. Can flavorless food be eaten without salt?Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?
7. My soul refuses to touch them;They are as loathsome food to me.
8. “Oh, that I might have my request,That God would grant me the thing that I long for!
9. That it would please God to crush me,That He would loose His hand and cut me off!
10. Then I would still have comfort;Though in anguish I would exult,He will not spare;For I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.
11. “What strength do I have, that I should hope?And what is my end, that I should prolong my life?
12. Is my strength the strength of stones?Or is my flesh bronze?
13. Is my help not within me?And is success driven from me?