Job 6:22-30 - What Have I Done Wrong?

²² Have I ever said: “Give me something”
or “Pay a bribe for me from your wealth”
²³ or “Deliver me from the enemy’s power”
or “Redeem me from the grasp of the ruthless”?

²⁴ Teach me, and I will be silent.
Help me understand what I did wrong.
²⁵ How painful honest words can be!
But what does your rebuke prove?
²⁶ Do you think that you can disprove my words
or that a despairing man’s words are mere wind?
²⁷ No doubt you would cast lots for a fatherless child
and negotiate a price to sell your friend.

²⁸ But now, please look at me;
would I lie to your face?
²⁹ Reconsider; don’t be unjust.
Reconsider; my righteousness is still the issue.
³⁰ Is there injustice on my tongue
or can my palate not taste disaster?

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