²¹ Their flesh wastes away to nothing,
    and their bones,^(A) once hidden, now stick out.^(B)

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

¹¹ At the end of your life you will groan,
    when your flesh and body are spent.

³ For my days vanish like smoke;^(A)
    my bones^(B) burn like glowing embers.
⁴ My heart is blighted and withered like grass;^(C)
    I forget to eat my food.^(D)
5 In my distress I groan aloud^(E)
    and am reduced to skin and bones.

¹¹ When you rebuke^(A) and discipline^(B) anyone for their sin,
    you consume^(C) their wealth like a moth^(D)—
    surely everyone is but a breath.^(E)