(leʿaṣmôteykā; i.e., skeleton, bodily frame [cf. Ps. 109:18]).43 Prov. 15:30 (cf. 16:24) speaks of making the bones fat, 12:4 of their decay, and 14:30 of their rot; all are metaphors for the psyche. Its basic notion is physical, but, as Dalglish notes, it moves largely in the psychical or metaphoric category (cf. Pss. 34:21; 35:10).44 In sum, a right relationship with God leads to a state of complete physical and mental well-being, not simply to the absence of illness and disease. 9–10 The admonition