9. That it would please Eloah to crush me, loose His hand and cut me off!
10. Then I would still have comfort, and I would rejoice in pain, though not spared, for I have not hidden the words of the Set-apart One.
11. What strength do I have, that I should wait? And what is my end, that I should prolong my life?
12. Is my strength the strength of stones? Is my flesh of bronze?
13. Is my help not within me? And is ability driven from me?
14. To a despiser of friends: shame! For he is forsaking the fear of the Almighty.
15. My brothers are as undependable as a wadi, as a bed on which streams once ran,
16. which are dark because of the ice, in which the snow is hidden.
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 enter wastes and perish.
19. Passengers of Tĕma looked expectantly, travellers of Sheḇa waited for them.
20. They were ashamed because they had trusted, they came there and were disappointed.
21. Indeed, you have now become the same! You see my downfall and are afraid.
22. Did I ever say, ‘Give to me’? or, ‘Offer a bribe for me from your wealth’?
23. or, ‘Rescue me from the hand of the enemy?’ or, ‘Redeem me from the hand of oppressors’?