¹⁴ Then I said, "Ah, Lord GOD! Behold, I have never defiled myself.[1] From my youth up till now I have never eaten what died of itself or was torn by beasts, nor has tainted meat come into my mouth."

¹⁴ Then I said, Ah, Lord! see, my soul has never been unclean, and I have never taken as my food anything which has come to a natural death or has been broken by beasts, from the time when I was young even till now; no disgusting flesh has ever come into my mouth.