1 respondens autem Iob dixit
2 utinam adpenderentur peccata mea quibus iram merui
et calamitas quam patior in statera
3 quasi harena maris haec gravior appareret
unde et verba mea dolore sunt plena
4 quia sagittae Domini in me sunt
quarum indignatio ebibit spiritum meum
et terrores Domini militant contra me
5 numquid rugiet onager cum habuerit herbam
aut mugiet bos cum ante praesepe plenum steterit
6 aut poterit comedi insulsum quod non est sale conditum
aut potest aliquis gustare quod gustatum adfert mortem
7 quae prius tangere nolebat anima mea
nunc prae angustia cibi mei sunt
8 quis det ut veniat petitio mea
et quod expecto tribuat mihi Deus
9 et qui coepit ipse me conterat
solvat manum suam et succidat me
10 et haec mihi sit consolatio ut adfligens me dolore non parcat
nec contradicam sermonibus Sancti
11 quae est enim fortitudo mea ut sustineam
aut quis finis meus ut patienter agam
12 nec fortitudo lapidum fortitudo mea
nec caro mea aerea est
13 ecce non est auxilium mihi in me
et necessarii quoque mei recesserunt a me
14 qui tollit ab amico suo misericordiam
timorem Domini derelinquit
15 fratres mei praeterierunt me
sicut torrens qui raptim transit in convallibus
16 qui timent pruinam inruet super eos nix
17 tempore quo fuerint dissipati peribunt
et ut incaluerit solventur de loco suo
18 involutae sunt semitae gressuum eorum
ambulabunt in vacuum et peribunt
19 considerate semitas Theman itinera Saba et expectate
paulisper
20 confusi sunt quia speravi
venerunt quoque usque ad me et pudore cooperti sunt
21 nunc venistis et modo videntes plagam meam timetis
22 numquid dixi adferte mihi
et de substantia vestra donate mihi
23 vel liberate me de manu hostis et de manu robustorum eruite me
24 docete me et ego tacebo et si quid forte ignoravi instruite me
25 quare detraxistis sermonibus veritatis
cum e vobis nullus sit qui possit arguere
26 ad increpandum tantum eloquia concinnatis
et in ventum verba profertis
27 super pupillum inruitis
et subvertere nitimini amicum vestrum
28 verumtamen quod coepistis explete
praebete aurem et videte an mentiar
29 respondete obsecro absque contentione
et loquentes id quod iustum est iudicate
30 et non invenietis in lingua mea iniquitatem
nec in faucibus meis stultitia personabit
1 But Job answered and said, 2 Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together! 3 For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up. 4 For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me. 5 Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder? 6 Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the white of an egg? 7 The things that my soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful meat.
8 Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the thing that I long for! 9 Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off! 10 Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One. 11 What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should prolong my life? 12 Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brass? 13 Is not my help in me? and is wisdom driven quite from me?
14 To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty. 15 My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away; 16 Which are blackish by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow is hid: 17 What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place. 18 The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and perish. 19 The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them. 20 They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed. 21 For now ye are nothing; ye see my casting down, and are afraid.
22 Did I say, Bring unto me? or, Give a reward for me of your substance? 23 Or, Deliver me from the enemy’s hand? or, Redeem me from the hand of the mighty? 24 Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred. 25 How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove? 26 Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as wind? 27 Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a pit for your friend. 28 Now therefore be content, look upon me; for it is evident unto you if I lie. 29 Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my righteousness is in it. 30 Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things?