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But now he has exhausted me;
    you have stunned all my companions.
You[a] have shriveled me up; it is a witness,
    my gauntness rises up to testify against me;
His wrath tears and assails me,
    he gnashes his teeth against me;
My enemy looks daggers at me.

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Footnotes

  1. 16:8 You: God. Job then describes in vv. 9–17 the savage treatment that he has received from God.

Surely, God, you have worn me out;(A)
    you have devastated my entire household.(B)
You have shriveled me up—and it has become a witness;
    my gauntness(C) rises up and testifies against me.(D)
God assails me and tears(E) me in his anger(F)
    and gnashes his teeth at me;(G)
    my opponent fastens on me his piercing eyes.(H)

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