7. My appetite disappears when I look at it;I gag at the thought of eating it!
8. “Oh, that I might have my request,that God would grant my desire.
9. I wish he would crush me.I wish he would reach out his hand and kill me.
10. At least I can take comfort in this:Despite the pain,I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
11. But I don’t have the strength to endure.I have nothing to live for.
12. Do I have the strength of a stone?Is my body made of bronze?
13. No, I am utterly helpless,without any chance of success.
14. “One should be kind to a fainting friend,but you accuse me without any fear of the Almighty.
15. My brothers, you have proved as unreliable as a seasonal brookthat overflows its banks in the spring
16. when it is swollen with ice and melting snow.
17. But when the hot weather arrives, the water disappears.The brook vanishes in the heat.