1. Then Job spoke again:
2. “I have heard all this before.What miserable comforters you are!
3. Won’t you ever stop blowing hot air?What makes you keep on talking?
4. I could say the same things if you were in my place.I could spout off criticism and shake my head at you.
5. But if it were me, I would encourage you.I would try to take away your grief.
6. Instead, I suffer if I defend myself,and I suffer no less if I refuse to speak.
7. “O God, you have ground me downand devastated my family.