Ayub 16:8

16:8 You have seized me, ¹ 

and it ²  has become a witness;

my leanness ³  has risen up against me

and testifies against me.

Mazmur 31:10

31:10 For my life nears its end in pain;

my years draw to a close as I groan. ⁴ 

My strength fails me because of ⁵  my sin,

and my bones become brittle. ⁶ 

[16:8]  ¹ tn The verb is קָמַט (qamat) which is used only here and in 22:16; it means “to seize; to grasp.” By God’s seizing him, Job means his afflictions.

[16:8]  ² tn The subject is “my calamity.”

[16:8]  ³ tn The verb is used in Ps 109:24 to mean “to be lean”; and so “leanness” is accepted here for the noun by most. Otherwise the word is “lie, deceit.” Accordingly, some take it here as “my slanderer” or “my liar” (gives evidence against me).

[31:10]  ⁴ tn Heb “and my years in groaning.”

[31:10]  ⁵ tn Heb “stumbles in.”

[31:10]  ⁶ tn Heb “grow weak.”