my necessary food. Hebrew my own law. my appointed portion: i.e. my ordinary allowance; "law" being put by Figure of speech Synecdoche (of the Genus), App-6, for what is allowed by it. Compare Genesis 47:22.Proverbs 30:8.
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Job 23:12
12 Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemedb the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.