1But Job answered and said,

2Yo, if only my pain could be weighed out, like, my struggles laid out for real!

3For real, it’s heavier than all the sand on the beach; my words just get swallowed whole.

4The arrows from the Almighty are inside me, and it’s like poison draining my vibe; God’s terrors are coming for me, no cap.

5Does a wild donkey bray when there’s grass? Or does an ox low over its food?

6Can you eat something bland without salt? Is there any flavor in plain egg whites?

7The stuff my soul won’t touch feels like my sad dinner.

8Man, if only I could get my wish; if God would just hook me up with what I really want!

9Even if it meant God wanted to end me; just let it happen, cut me off!

10Then I’d find some comfort; I’d toughen up in my sorrow: don’t hold back, 'cause I haven’t hidden any words from the Holy One.

11What's my strength? Like, why even hope? And what's the endgame for my life, fr?

12Is my strength like rocks? Or am I made of brass, no cap?

13Don't I have help inside me? Is wisdom just ghosting me?

14When someone’s down, friends gotta show love, but he’s out here ignoring the Big Guy.

15My homies are acting sus, like a creek that just dries up.

16They’re dark and icy, hiding like snow, you feel?

17When it warms up, they just ghost; when it’s hot, they’re outta there.

18Their paths are all messed up; they vanish and just fade away.

19The squad from Tema was watching, and the crew from Sheba was waiting.

20They were shook 'cause they had hope; they rolled up and got embarrassed.

21Y’all are acting like I’m nothing; you see me getting wrecked and it’s giving scared vibes.

22Did I say, “Bring it to me?” or, “Hook me up with some of your stuff?”

23Or, “Save me from the enemies?” or, “Rescue me from the strong ones?”

24Teach me, and I’ll keep it chill; help me get where I messed up.

25Right words hit different, but what’s your arguing even proving?

26You think you can call out words and the desperate guy’s talk, which is just hot air?

27Yeah, you’re coming for the fatherless, and digging a hole for your homie.

28So just be real, look at me; it’s clear if I’m lying or not.

29Come back, please don’t make it about wrong vibes; for real, come back, my truth is in it.

30Is there wrong in my words? Can’t my taste tell when things are sus?

1But Job answered and said,

2Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!

3For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up.

4For 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.

5Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder?

6Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the white of an egg?

7The things that my soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful meat.

8Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the thing that I long for!

9Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!

10Then 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.

11What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should prolong my life?

12Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brass?

13Is not my help in me? and is wisdom driven quite from me?

14To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.

15My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away;

16Which are blackish by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow is hid:

17What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.

18The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and perish.

19The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them.

20They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed.

21For now ye are nothing; ye see my casting down, and are afraid.

22Did I say, Bring unto me? or, Give a reward for me of your substance?

23Or, Deliver me from the enemy’s hand? or, Redeem me from the hand of the mighty?

24Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.

25How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove?

26Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as wind?

27Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a pit for your friend.

28Now therefore be content, look upon me; for it is evident unto you if I lie.

29Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my righteousness is in it.

30Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things?