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despise myself

Job's self is a metonym for what he said. Alternate translation: "I despise the things I said" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy)

despise

intensely dislike

I repent in dust and ashes

Sitting in dust and ashes is a symbolic act showing the person is sorry. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-symaction)