Job 6:1 says, But Job answered and said,  Job had listened to Eliphaz, and now he was ready to answer him.  Sometimes we need to listen to what others have to say, but we need to answer them through faith.  Verse two adds, Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!  Job wished that his grief and calamity, or suffering could be accurately judged impartially.  When we as followers of Christ suffer in this world, we know that non-believers will never judge us fairly.  They will use our suffering as an indictment against God.  We must hope that fellow believers will not judge us to be guilty of some sin, but even if they don't, the non-believers will simply say that is due to our unfounded faith.  Only God can truly judge us impartially.  Verse three continues, For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up.  Job said his grief bore down on him more than the weight of the sands of the seas and that this great weight even swallowed up his words.  I believe that he was telling his friends that they could not begin to understand his suffering.  I think that at times today God's people suffer in ways that other believers cannot understand. Sometimes there may be no physical signs of this suffering, but that does not mean that it is not real.  Verse four states, For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.  I believe that Job was saying that the physical suffering did not compare to the mental anguish of feeling that God had abandoned him.  Job knew of no reason for his seeming abandonment by God.  If we are suffering today, as followers of Christ, we can be certain that God has not abandoned us.  He will be with us no matter what.  Verse five adds, Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder?  I believe that Job was asking if even the animals were not content when their needs were met.  There was no need for them to cry out for what they already had.  Likewise, Job had not complained when his needs were met.  We might think that normal, but many people do complain when they are blessed, or at least do not thank God for their blessings.  Verse six continues, Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the white of an egg?  I believe Job was saying that anything he now ate was unsavory.  He had lost pleasure even in eating.  Verse seven says, The things that my soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful meat.  I believe that Job was speaking of the physical restrictions that God's followers had placed on them in order to remain spiritually pure.  Job would not have even touched the food that was now his diet, nor a person such as he had become.  Verse eight adds, Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the thing that I long for!  What Job was longing for was not restoration and a fulfilling life again, but he was still wishing for death.  No matter how bad things get, we cannot afford to reach the point that we regret even being born.  Verse nine continues, Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!  Job still saw God as the One Who sustained life.  Job was still not saying that he was going to end his on life.  Verse ten states, Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.  Job did not see death as final, but he saw comfort with God after this life.  If he saw everything ceasing at death, there would be no comfort in death.  Verse eleven adds, What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should prolong my life?  I believe that Job reached the point of seeing his life continuing as being without any hope.  We need to be careful that we don't reach the same point.  As long as we put our faith in God, He will give us the hope and strength to remain faithful to the end of this life.  Verse twelve continues, Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brass.  I believe Job was saying that his strength was limited.  He could not bear his suffering as would a stone or brass, but he was a living person who had to endure the suffering.  Verse thirteen asks, Is not my help in me? and is wisdom driven quite from me?  I believe he was asking if he could heal himself by his own power.  We know that the only way that we can be restored to God is by the action that God took when Christ died for us.  We cannot restore ourselves to God, and at this point Job still felt abandoned by God.  Verse fourteen adds, To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.  Job said that those who were suffering should be offered pity, or more accurately the comfort from their friends.  We don't need to judge the relationship of other Christians with God if they are suffering.  I believe that Job was saying that Eliphaz was not speaking under God's leadership.