his friend; even to him who forsakes the fear of the Almighty. 006:015 My brothers have dealt deceitfully as a brook, as the channel of brooks that pass away; 006:016 Which are black by reason of the ice, in which the snow hides itself. 006:017 In the dry season, they vanish. When it is hot, they are consumed out of their place. 006:018 The caravans that travel beside them turn aside. They go up into the waste, and perish. 006:019 The caravans of Tema looked. The companies of Sheba waited for them. 006:020 They were distressed because they were confident. They came there, and were confounded. 006:021 For now you are nothing. You see a terror, and are afraid. 006:022 Did I say, 'Give to me?' or, 'Offer a present for me from your substance?' 006:023 or, 'Deliver me from the adversary's hand?' or, 'Redeem me from the hand of the oppressors?' 006:024 "Teach me, and I will hold my peace. Cause me to understand wherein I have erred. 006:025 How forcible are words of uprightness! But your reproof, what does it reprove? 006:026 Do you intend to reprove words, seeing that the speeches of one who is desperate are as wind? 006:027 Yes, you would even cast lots for the fatherless, and make merchandise of your friend. 006:028 Now therefore be pleased to look at me, for surely I shall not lie to your face. 006:029 Please return. Let there be no injustice. Yes, return again. My cause is righteous. 006:030 Is there injustice on my tongue? Can't my taste discern mischievous things? 007:001 "Isn't a man forced to labor on earth? Aren't his days like the days of a hired hand? 007:002 As a servant who earnestly desires the shadow, as a hireling who looks for his wages, 007:003 so am I made to possess months of misery, wearisome nights are appointed to me. 007:004 When I lie down, I say, 'When shall I arise, and the night be gone?' I toss and turn until the dawning of the day. 007:005 My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust. My skin closes up, and breaks out afresh. 007:006 My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope. 007:007 Oh remember that my life is a breath. My eye shall no more see good. 007:008 The eye of him who sees me shall see me no more. Your eyes shall be on me, but I shall not be. 007:009 As the cloud is consumed and vanishes away, so he who goes down to Sheol shall come up no more. 007:010 He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more. 007:011 "Therefore I will not keep silent. I will speak in the anguish of my spirit. I will complain in the bitterness of my soul. 007:012 Am I a sea, or a sea monster, that you put a guard over me? 007:013 When I say, 'My bed shall comfort me. My couch shall ease my complaint;'