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I also could speak as ye do; if your nefesh were in place of my nefesh, I could heap up words against you, and shake mine head at you.

But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my shfatayim (lips) should relieve your grief.

Though I speak, my grief is not relieved, and though I forbear, mah (what) alleviation is it for me?

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I also could speak like you,
    if you were in my place;
I could make fine speeches against you
    and shake my head(A) at you.
But my mouth would encourage you;
    comfort(B) from my lips would bring you relief.(C)

“Yet if I speak, my pain is not relieved;
    and if I refrain, it does not go away.(D)

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