My flesh is clothed with maggots and encrusted with dirt.[a]
My skin forms scabs[b] and then oozes.(A)

My days pass more swiftly than a weaver’s shuttle;
they come to an end without hope.(B)
Remember that my life is but a breath.
My eye will never again see anything good.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 7:5 Or and dirty scabs
  2. 7:5 Lit skin hardens

My body is clothed with worms(A) and scabs,
    my skin is broken and festering.(B)

“My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle,(C)
    and they come to an end without hope.(D)
Remember, O God, that my life is but a breath;(E)
    my eyes will never see happiness again.(F)

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