Holy Scripture
Job 16:15
A church father on this verse
“Ver. 15. I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and covered my flesh with ashes. What ought to be understood by 'sackcloth and ashes,' but penance; what by 'the skin' and 'the flesh,' but sin of the flesh? And so whereas there are persons who after the backsliding of the flesh are brought back to penance, it is as if 's…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
15They sewed sackcloth upon my skin, And my strength has been spent on the ground.
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13They surrounded me with spears, Aiming at my reins: Without sparing me they poured out my gall upon the ground.
14They overthrew me with fall upon fall: They ran upon me in their might.
— Job 16:15 —
16My belly has been parched with wailing, And darkness is on my eyelids.
17Yet there was no injustice in my hands, And my prayer is pure.