5. Even a wild donkey does not complain when it has grass to eat. And a cow is quiet when it has food.
6. Food without salt does not taste good, and the white of an egg has no taste.
7. I refuse to touch that kind of food; it makes me sick!
8. “I wish I could have what I ask for. I wish God would give me what I want.
9. I wish he would crush me— just go ahead and kill me!
10. Then I would be comforted by this one thing: Even through all this pain, I never refused to obey the commands of the Holy One.
11. “With my strength gone, I have no hope to go on living. With nothing to look forward to, why should I be patient?
12. I am not strong like a rock. My body is not made from bronze.
13. I don’t have the power to help myself, because all hope of success has been taken away from me.