Job 6:14-30 - You Have Not Treated Me Like True Friends
14 "Loyal love [should come] for the afflicted [from] his friend, even if he forsakes the fear of Shaddai. 15 My companions are treacherous like a torrent-bed; like a streambed of wadis they flow away, 16 which are growing dark because of ice upon them, it will pile up snow. 17 In time they dry up, they disappear; when it [is] hot, they vanish from their place. 18 The paths of their way wind [around]; they go up into the wasteland, and they perish. 19 The caravans of Tema looked; the traveling merchants of Sheba hope for them. 20 They are disappointed, because they trusted; they came {here} and they are confounded. 21 "For now you have become {such}; you see terrors, and you fear. 22 Is it because I have said, 'Give to me,' or, 'Offer a bribe for me from your wealth'? 23 or, 'Save me from the foe's hand,' or, 'Ransom me from the tyrants' hand'?
24 Teach me, and I myself will be silent; and make me understand how I have gone astray. 25 How painful are {upright words}! But what does {your reproof} reprove? 26 Do you intend to reprove [my] words and [consider the] words of a desperate [man] as wind? 27 Even over [the] orphan you would cast the lot, and you would bargain over your friend.
28 "{Therefore} be prepared, turn to me, and I surely will not lie to your face. 29 Please turn, let no injustice happen; indeed, turn, {my righteousness is still intact}. 30 Is there injustice on my tongue? Or can my palate not discern calamity?