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30 My skin has become black,
    and bits of skin fall off.
    My body is hot with fever.[a]
31 Now, when I make music with my harp,
    I only sing funeral songs.
When I make music with my flute,
    I do it for people who are weeping.’

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  1. 30:30 If someone has a fever, illness has made their body become very hot.

30 My skin grows black(A) and peels;(B)
    my body burns with fever.(C)
31 My lyre is tuned to mourning,(D)
    and my pipe(E) to the sound of wailing.

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