4. For the arrows of the Almighty are within me;my spirit drinks their poison;God’s sudden terrors are arrayed against me.
5. “Does the wild donkey bray when it is near grass?Or does the ox low near its fodder?
6. Can food that is tasteless be eaten without salt?Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?
7. I have refused to touch such things;they are like loathsome food to me.
8. “Oh that my request would be realized, and that God would grant me what I long for!