19 Traders from Tema look for water. Traveling merchants from Sheba also hope to find it.
20 They become troubled because they had expected to find some. But when they arrive at the stream beds, they don't find any water at all.
21 And now, my friends, you haven't helped me either. You see the horrible condition I'm in. And that makes you afraid.
22 I've never said, 'Give me something to help me. Use your wealth to set me free.
23 Save me from the powerful hand of my enemy. Set me free from the power of mean people.'
24 "Teach me. Then I'll be quiet. Show me what I've done wrong.
25 Honest words are so painful! But your reasoning doesn't prove anything.