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Who will grant that I might have my she’elah (request); oh that Eloah would grant me my tikveh!

Even that it would please Eloah to crush me; that He would let loose His yad, and cut me off!

10 Then should I yet have nechamah (consolation); yea, I would exult in chilah (pain); let him not spare; for I have not concealed the imrei Kadosh (words of the Holy One).

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“Oh, that I might have my request,
    that God would grant what I hope for,(A)
that God would be willing to crush(B) me,
    to let loose his hand and cut off my life!(C)
10 Then I would still have this consolation(D)
    my joy in unrelenting pain(E)
    that I had not denied the words(F) of the Holy One.(G)

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“Oh, that I might have my request,
That God would grant me the thing that I long for!
That it would please God to crush me,
That He would loose His hand and (A)cut me off!
10 Then I would still have comfort;
Though in anguish I would exult,
He will not spare;
For (B)I have not concealed the words of (C)the Holy One.

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“Oh that I might have my request,
    and that God would fulfill my hope,
that it would (A)please God to crush me,
    that he would let loose his hand and cut me off!
10 This would be my comfort;
    I would even exult[a] in pain (B)unsparing,
    for I have not denied the words of (C)the Holy One.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 6:10 The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain