Job questions God: Have I sinned, and what have I done to you, watcher of humanity? Why have you made me your target, and why am I a burden to myself? The series of questions expresses bewilderment at the divine hostility; if Job has sinned, he does not understand what sin he has committed. The reference to God as watcher suggests surveillance; Job is under constant observation. His final phrase—'a burden to myself'—suggests that his existence has become unbearable.

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