10 Then I would have this comfort.I would be glad even in this unending pain.I would know I did not reject the words of the Holy One.
11 “I do not have the strength to wait.There is nothing to hope for so how can I be patient?
12 I do not have the strength of stone.My flesh is not bronze.
13 I have no power to help myself.This is because success has been taken away from me.
14 “They say, ‘A man’s friends should be kind to him when he is in trouble.This should be done even if he stops fearing God All-Powerful.’
15 But my brothers cannot be counted on.They are like streams that do not flow regularly,streams that sometimes run over.
16 They are like streams made dark by melting ice,that rise with melting snow.