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20     I am reduced to skin and bones;
        I have barely escaped by the skin of my teeth.
21     Show me your pity, my friends, show me your pity!
        For truly, I have been struck by the hand of God.
22     Why do you pursue me as God has done?
        Is my emaciated body not satisfying enough for you?

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20 I am nothing but skin and bones;(A)
    I have escaped only by the skin of my teeth.[a]

21 “Have pity on me, my friends,(B) have pity,
    for the hand of God has struck(C) me.
22 Why do you pursue(D) me as God does?(E)
    Will you never get enough of my flesh?(F)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 19:20 Or only by my gums