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but now my eye sees you
The eyes represent seeing, and seeing represents understanding. AT: "but now I really understand you" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
despise myself
Job's self is a metonym for what he said. AT: "I despise the things I said" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)
despise
"intensely dislike" or "am unhappy with"
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/translate/translate-symaction)