²⁸ Man^[a] wastes away like ^(A)a rotten thing,
    like a garment that is ^(B)moth-eaten.

¹¹ When you discipline a man
    with ^(A)rebukes for sin,
you ^(B)consume like a ^(C)moth what is dear to him;
    ^(D)surely all mankind is a mere breath! Selah

¹⁹ how much more those who dwell in houses of ^(A)clay,
    whose foundation is in ^(B)the dust,
    who are crushed like^{[a] (C)}the moth.

¹² But I am ^(A)like a moth to Ephraim,
    and ^(B)like dry rot to the house of Judah.

²⁹ I am a brother of ^(A)jackals
    and a companion of ^(B)ostriches.
³⁰ My ^(C)skin turns black and falls from me,
    and my ^(D)bones burn with heat.

^17 (A)The night ^(B)racks my bones,
    and the pain that ^(C)gnaws me takes no rest.
¹⁸ With great force my garment is ^(D)disfigured;
    it binds me about like the collar of my tunic.
¹⁹ God^[a] has cast me into the mire,
    and I have become like ^(E)dust and ashes.