11 “Therefore I will not (A)restrain my mouth;
    I will speak in the anguish of my spirit;
    I will (B)complain in (C)the bitterness of my soul.
12 Am I the sea, or (D)a sea monster,
    that you set a guard over me?
13 (E)When I say, ‘My bed will comfort me,
    my couch will ease my complaint,’
14 then you scare me with dreams
    and terrify me with visions,
15 so that I would choose strangling
    and death rather than my (F)bones.
16 I (G)loathe my life; I would not live forever.
    (H)Leave me alone, for my days are (I)a breath.

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