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16 If I try to be brave,
    you chase me like a hungry lion.
    You show your power to hurt me.
17 You find more reasons to attack me.
You become more and more angry with me.
    You attack me with even greater power.

18 Why did you let me be born?
    I should have died before anyone saw me.

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16 If I hold my head high, you stalk me like a lion(A)
    and again display your awesome power against me.(B)
17 You bring new witnesses against me(C)
    and increase your anger toward me;(D)
    your forces come against me wave upon wave.(E)

18 “Why then did you bring me out of the womb?(F)
    I wish I had died before any eye saw me.(G)

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