"Men have gaped at me with their mouth; they have struck me on the cheek in reproach; they mass themselves together against me." The violence extends from God to humans. Job is physically assaulted—struck on the cheek—and surrounded by hostile masses. The gaped mouths suggest shocked observation, as if Job's degradation is a spectacle. The collective gathering intensifies the humiliation.

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