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When I think about it, I am terrifiedand my body trembles in horror.

Therefore I am terrified in his presence;when I consider this, I am afraid of him.

Yet I am not destroyed by the darkness,by the thick darkness that covers my face.

Now I am mocked by their songs;I have become an object of scorn to them.

I am churning within and cannot rest;days of suffering confront me.

For I am full of words,and my spirit compels me to speak.

I am going to open my mouth;my tongue will form words on my palate.

I am just like you before God;I was also pinched off from a piece of clay.

“I am pure, without transgression;I am clean and have no iniquity.

For Job has declared, “I am righteous,yet God has deprived me of justice.

Would I lie about my case?My wound is incurable,though I am without transgression.”

Do you think it is just when you say,“I am righteous before God”?

I am so insignificant. How can I answer you?I place my hand over my mouth.

Therefore, I reject my words and am sorry for them;I am dust and ashes.

After the Lord had finished speaking to Job, he said to Eliphaz the Temanite: “I am angry with you and your two friends, for you have not spoken the truth about me, as my servant Job has.

Be gracious to me, Lord, for I am weak;heal me, Lord, for my bones are shaking;

I am weary from my groaning;with my tears I dampen my bedand drench my couch every night.

My enemy will say, “I have triumphed over him,”and my foes will rejoice because I am shaken.

But I am a worm and not a man,scorned by mankind and despised by people.

I am poured out like water,and all my bones are disjointed;my heart is like wax,melting within me.