“I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust.”
Job 16:15 (KJV) |
Job 16:15
From Job 16, in the Book of Job (Old Testament).
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His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.
He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a giant.
I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust.
My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death;
Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure.