1. But Iyov answered and said,
2. Oh that my ka'as (vexation) were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the scales together!
3. For now it would be heavier than the chol of the seas; therefore my words are impetuous.
4. For the khitzim (arrows) of Shaddai are in me, the poison whereof drinketh my ruach; the terrors of Eloah do set themselves in array against me.
5. Doth the pereh (wild donkey) bray when he hath desheh? Or loweth the ox over his fodder?
6. Can that which is tasteless be eaten without melach? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?
7. The things that my nefesh refused to touch are like my loathsome lechem.
8. Who will grant that I might have my she'elah (request); oh that Eloah would grant me my tikveh!