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For God has ground me down and taken away my family. O God, you have turned me to skin and bones—as a proof, they say, of my sins. God hates me and angrily tears at my flesh; he has gnashed upon me with his teeth and watched to snuff out any sign of life.

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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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