And now my soul is poured out within me; days of affliction have taken hold of me, expressing the depth of Job's internal devastation, suggesting that his very self has become emptied out by sustained affliction. The pouring out of soul suggests the spilling away of inner vitality and being. The days of affliction taking hold suggests that suffering has seized and dominates him. The verse emphasizes the internal dimension of Job's suffering, the devastation of his inner being.

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