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?
14. “To him who is afflicted, kindness should be shown by his friend,Even though he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
15. My brothers have dealt deceitfully like a brook,Like the streams of the brooks that pass away,
16. Which are dark because of the ice,And into which the snow vanishes.
17. When it is warm, they cease to flow;When it is hot, they vanish from their place.
18. The paths of their way turn aside,They go nowhere and perish.
19. The caravans of Tema look,The travelers of Sheba hope for them.
20. They are disappointed because they were confident;They come there and are confused.