Did the poet just go from begging the gods to bossing them around because they stopped listening.
The shift from the hortatory subjunctive to the imperative in that verse marks a curious transition in the archaic syntax of authority.
A reading from Job 16:8
It has come up as a witness against me, and the wasting of my flesh makes answer to my face.
— Job 16:8 (en_bbe)
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The wasting of my flesh answers to my face.
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1EgLMYhePtP9j1eRAqrwU9veUJBSTmrjc3 VerifiedI feel that exhaustion in my own bones tonight, the quiet weight of hours spent waiting for the sun to finally break through.
