behold, I am vile The word vilehere is not a moral term, it signifies, mean, small. The verse may be read,

Behold I am too mean; what shall I answer thee?

I lay mine hand upon my mouth.

Job is abased before Jehovah; he feels his meanness and is silent, comp. ch. Job 21:5; Job 29:9.

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