# despise myself

Job's self is a metonym for what he said. AT: "I despise the things I said" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

# despise

intensely dislike

# I repent in dust and ashes

Sitting in dust and ashes is a symbolic act showing the person is sorry. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-symaction]])