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9. destroy--literally, "grind" or "crush"
(Isa 3:15).
let loose his hand--God had put forth His hand only so far as to wound
the surface of Job's flesh
(Job 1:12; 2:6);
he wishes that hand to be let loose, so as to wound deeply
and vitally.
cut me off--metaphor from a weaver cutting off the web, when finished,
from the thrum fastening it to the loom
(Isa 38:12).
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