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“Oh that I might have my request,
    that God would grant the thing that I long for,
even that it would please God to crush me;
    that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!
10 Let it still be my consolation,
    yes, let me exult in pain that doesn’t spare,
    that I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
11 What is my strength, that I should wait?
    What is my end, that I should be patient?
12 Is my strength the strength of stones?
    Or is my flesh of bronze?
13 Isn’t it that I have no help in me,
    that wisdom is driven away from me?

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“Oh that I might have my request,
    and that God would fulfill my hope,
that it would (A)please God to crush me,
    that he would let loose his hand and cut me off!
10 This would be my comfort;
    I would even exult[a] in pain (B)unsparing,
    for I have not denied the words of (C)the Holy One.
11 What is my strength, that I should wait?
    And what is my end, that I should be patient?
12 Is my strength the strength of stones, or is my flesh bronze?
13 Have I any help in me,
    when resource is driven from me?

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Footnotes

  1. Job 6:10 The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain