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“Oh that my request would come to pass,
And that God would grant me the thing that I long for!

“I wish that it would please God to crush me,
That He would let loose His hand and cut me off.
10 
“Then I would still have consolation,
And I would jump for joy amid unsparing pain,
That I have not denied or hidden the words of the Holy One.
11 
“What strength do I have left, that I should wait [and hope]?
And what is ahead of me, that I should be patient and endure?
12 
“Is my strength and endurance that of stones,
Or is my flesh made of bronze?
13 
“Is it that I have no help within myself,
And that success and wisdom have been driven from me?

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