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He has torn me in his wrath and persecuted me. He has gnashed on me with his teeth. My adversary sharpens his eyes on me.
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ExplanationCommentary
Verse 9. Against me, in your opinion, as if I were guilty of lies. Hebrew “my leanness bears witness, my falsehood has risen up against me and answered me to my face;” which may be understood in the same sense as the argument of Eliphaz. He is designated by the false speaker; ( Calmet.) unless we explain it of the wrinkles, which falsely indicated that Job was advanced in years, or of the malady; whence it was gathered that he must be a criminal. Menochius.—Prot. “my leanness riseth up.” Bible.
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