6:17 When they are scorched, 1 they dry up,
when it is hot, they vanish 2 from their place.
6:18 Caravans 3 turn aside from their routes;
they go 4 into the wasteland 5 and perish. 6
6:19 The caravans of Tema 7 looked intently 8 for these streams; 9
the traveling merchants 10 of Sheba hoped for them.
6:20 They were distressed, 11
because each one had been 12 so confident;
they arrived there, 13 but were disappointed.
6:21 For now 14 you have become like these streams that are no help; 15
you see a terror, 16 and are afraid.
6:22 “Have I 17 ever said, 18 ‘Give me something,
and from your fortune 19 make gifts 20 in my favor’?
6:23 Or ‘Deliver me 21 from the enemy’s power, 22
and from the hand of tyrants 23 ransom 24 me’?
6:24 “Teach 25 me and I, for my part, 26 will be silent;
explain to me 27 how I have been mistaken. 28
6:25 How painful 29 are honest words!
But 30 what does your reproof 31 prove? 32
6:26 Do you intend to criticize mere words,
and treat 33 the words of a despairing man as wind?
6:27 Yes, you would gamble 34 for the fatherless,
and auction off 35 your friend.
6:28 “Now then, be good enough to look 36 at me; 37
and I will not 38 lie to your face!
6:29 Relent, 39 let there be no falsehood; 40
reconsider, 41 for my righteousness is intact! 42
6:30 Is there any falsehood 43 on my lips?
Can my mouth 44 not discern evil things? 45