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grief
Job has experienced great loss of family and health that is unexplained and therefore causes him "great sorrow and emotional pain".
how am I helped?
Job asks this question to emphasize that there is no help in keeping silent. AT: "keeping silent does not help me at all." (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion)
But now, God, you...
Job now turns his complaining to God.
You have made me dry up
"Dry up" is another way to describe how everything Job had has now vanished. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
the leanness of my body rises up against me, it testifies against...
Job describes his body's difficulties as if they were accusers against him. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism)
against my face
"Face" represents Job's reputation. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche)