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"Oh, that my request might come to pass, And that God would grant my hope!

Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the thing that I long for!

"Oh, that God would decide to crush me, That He would let loose His hand and cut me off!

Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!

"But it is still my comfort, And I rejoice in unsparing pain, That I have not denied the words of the Holy One.

Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.

"What is my strength, that I should wait? And what is my end, that I should endure?

What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should prolong my life?

"Is my strength the strength of stones, Or is my flesh bronze?

Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brass?

"Is it that my help is not within me, And that a good outcome is driven away from me?

Is not my help in me? and is wisdom driven quite from me?