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15 I wear burlap to show my grief.
    My pride lies in the dust.
16 My eyes are red with weeping;
    dark shadows circle my eyes.
17 Yet I have done no wrong,
    and my prayer is pure.

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15 “I have sewed sackcloth on my skin,
and I have inserted my pride[a] in the dust.
16 My face is red because of weeping,
and deep shadows are on my eyelids,
17 although[b] violence is not on my hands,
and my prayer is pure.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 16:15 Literally “my horn”
  2. Job 16:17 Literally “upon,” or “because”