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18     With great force, God wraps around me like my clothing.
        He binds tightly about my neck as if He were the collar of my tunic.[a]
19     He has pushed me off into the mud,
        and I am reduced from man to dust and ashes.
20     I call out to You, God, but You refuse to answer me.
        When I arise, You merely examine me.

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  1. 30:18 Meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain.

18 In his great power(A) God becomes like clothing to me[a];
    he binds me like the neck of my garment.
19 He throws me into the mud,(B)
    and I am reduced to dust and ashes.(C)

20 “I cry out to you,(D) God, but you do not answer;(E)
    I stand up, but you merely look at me.

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  1. Job 30:18 Hebrew; Septuagint power he grasps my clothing