²² They feel only the pain of their own bodies
    and mourn only for themselves.”

³² The wicked are overthrown by their evildoing,
    but the righteous find a refuge in their integrity.^[a](A)

¹⁹ They are also chastened with pain upon their beds
    and with continual strife in their bones,^(A)
20 so that their lives loathe bread
    and their appetites dainty food.^(B)
21 Their flesh is so wasted away that it cannot be seen,
    and their bones, once invisible, now stick out.^(C)

²⁶ and after my skin has been destroyed,
    then in my flesh I shall see God,^(A)

²² Why do you, like God, pursue me,
    never satisfied with my flesh?^(A)

²⁰ My bones cling to my skin and to my flesh,
    and I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.^(A)