"I have heardmanysuchthings;Sorrycomfortersare you all.
[This] you know,my belovedbrethren.But everyonemust be quickto hear,slowto speak[and] slowto anger;
the latter[do it] out of love,knowingthat I am appointedfor the defenseof the gospel;
For they have persecutedhim whomYou Yourselfhave smitten,And they tellof the painof those whom You have wounded.
"Howpainfulare honestwords!But whatdoes your argumentprove?
"Can somethingtastelessbe eatenwithoutsalt,Oris thereanytastein the whiteof an egg?
Then Jobanswered,
"Howthen will you vainlycomfortme, For your answersremain[full of] falsehood?"
Reproachhas brokenmy heartand I am so sick.And I lookedfor sympathy,but therewas none,And for comforters,but I foundnone.
