“He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.”
"He has torn me in his anger, and hated me; he has gnashed his teeth at me; my adversary sharpens his eyes against me." Job describes God's assault with images of predatory violence. God tears like an animal, gnashes teeth in hate, sharpens eyes in hostile intent. The intensity of the imagery expresses that God's hostility is not abstract but viscerally felt. God is adversary, not judge.
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