Job 6:8-13

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⁸ “O that I might have my request
    and that God would grant my desire,^(A)
9 that it would please God to crush me,
    that he would let loose his hand and cut me off!^(B)
10 This would be my consolation;
    I would even exult^[a] in unrelenting pain,
    for I have not denied the words of the Holy One.^(C)
11 What is my strength, that I should wait?
    And what is my end, that I should be patient?^(D)
12 Is my strength the strength of stones,
    or is my flesh bronze?
¹³ In truth I have no help in me,
    and any resource is driven from me.^(E)