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And he hath made me a proverb of the peoples; and I am become one to be spit on in the face.

Behold, I cry out of wrong, and I am not heard; I cry aloud, but there is no judgment.

He breaketh me down on every side, and I am gone; and my hope hath he torn up as a tree.

The sojourners in my house and my maids count me as a stranger; I am an alien in their sight.

My bones cleave to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.

Even when I think [thereon], I am affrighted, and trembling taketh hold of my flesh.

Therefore am I troubled at his presence; I consider, and I am afraid of him.

And now I am their song, yea, I am their byword.

I am become a brother to jackals, and a companion of ostriches.

And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said, I am young, and ye are aged; wherefore I was timid, and feared to shew you what I know.

For I am full of matter, the spirit within me constraineth me.

Behold, before God I am as thou; I also am formed out of the clay.

I am clean without transgression; I am pure, and there is no iniquity in me;

For Job hath said, I am righteous, and God hath taken away my judgment:

Behold, I am nought: what shall I answer thee? I will lay my hand upon my mouth.

Be gracious unto me, Jehovah, for I am withered; Jehovah, heal me, for my bones tremble.

I am wearied with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I dissolve my couch with my tears.

Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him! [lest] mine adversaries be joyful when I am moved.

But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and the despised of the people.

I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is become like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.