“Can you put a rope in his nose
Or pierce his jaw with a hook?

However, put forth Your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh; he will curse You to Your face.”

“My bone clings to my skin and my flesh,
And I have escaped only by the skin of my teeth.

“I broke the jaws of the wicked
And snatched the prey from his teeth.

Dread came upon me, and trembling,
And made all my bones shake.

“His bones are full of his youthful vigor,
But it lies down with him in the dust.

His sides are filled out with fat,
And the marrow of his bones is moist,

Clothe me with skin and flesh,
And knit me together with bones and sinews?

“Man is also chastened with pain on his bed,
And with unceasing complaint in his bones;

“His flesh wastes away from sight,
And his bones which were not seen stick out.

“At night it pierces my bones within me,
And my gnawing pains take no rest.

“My skin turns black on me,
And my bones burn with fever.

“His bones are tubes of bronze;
His limbs are like bars of iron.