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# God has torn me in his wrath and persecuted me ... as he tears me apart
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This speaks of God causing Job pain as if God were a wild animal and Job were his prey that he was killing. Alternate translation: "Because God is very angry with me, it is as though he were a wild animal that tore my body apart with his teeth because he was my enemy" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# my enemy
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Job refers to God as his "enemy" as he describes how he has caused him great pain.
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# fastens his eyes on me
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This is an idiom. Alternate translation: "glares at me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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