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28 I walk about blackened, but not by the sun.[a]
I stood in the assembly and cried out for help.
29 I have become a brother to jackals
and a companion of ostriches.
30 My skin blackens and flakes off,[b]
and my bones burn with fever.(A)

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  1. 30:28 Or walk in sunless gloom
  2. 30:30 Lit blackens away from me

28 I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, and I cried in the congregation.

29 I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls.

30 My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat.

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28 I go about blackened,(A) but not by the sun;
    I stand up in the assembly and cry for help.(B)
29 I have become a brother of jackals,(C)
    a companion of owls.(D)
30 My skin grows black(E) and peels;(F)
    my body burns with fever.(G)

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