The arrows of the Almighty are in me,
    my spirit drinks in their poison;
    God’s terrors are marshalled against me.
Does a wild donkey bray when it has grass,
    or an ox bellow when it has fodder?
Is tasteless food eaten without salt,
    or is there flavour in the sap of the mallow[a]?

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Footnotes

  1. Job 6:6 The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.