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“O that I might have my request
    and that God would grant my desire,(A)
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)

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Footnotes

  1. 6.10 Meaning of Heb uncertain

“Oh, that I might have my request,
    that God would grant what I hope for,(A)
that God would be willing to crush(B) me,
    to let loose his hand and cut off my life!(C)
10 Then I would still have this consolation(D)
    my joy in unrelenting pain(E)
    that I had not denied the words(F) of the Holy One.(G)

11 “What strength do I have, that I should still hope?
    What prospects, that I should be patient?(H)
12 Do I have the strength of stone?
    Is my flesh bronze?(I)
13 Do I have any power to help myself,(J)
    now that success has been driven from me?

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