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I am a brother to jackals, and a companion to daughters of the ostrich.

And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said, I am young, and you are very aged; so I held back and was afraid to make my knowledge known to you.

For I am full of words; the spirit inside me pressed on me;

Behold, I am toward God as you; I also was formed from the clay.

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

For Job has said, I am righteous; also, God has taken away my right;

should I lie against my right? My wound is incurable, yet I am without rebellion.

Do you think this to be just, you that say, I am more just than God?

Behold, I am vile! What shall I answer You? I will put my hand to my mouth.

I am not afraid of myriads of people who have been set against me all around.

have mercy on me, O Jehovah, for I am weak; heal me, O Jehovah, for my bones are troubled.

I am weary in my groaning; I shall make my bed swim in all the night; I melt my couch with my tears.

lest my enemy say, I have overcome him; and my foes rejoice when I am shaken.

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

I am poured out like waters, and all My bones are spread apart; My heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of My bowels.

Turn to me and be gracious to me, for I am lonely and afflicted.

If an army should camp against me, my heart shall not fear. Though war rises against me, in this I am trusting.

Jehovah is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in Him, and I am helped; yea, my heart greatly rejoices; and I will thank Him with my song.

Be gracious to me, O Jehovah, for I am in trouble; my eye has wasted away with grief, my soul and my belly.

I am forgotten like one dead from the heart; I am like a perishing vessel.