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16     If I do raise my head,
        then like a lion, You hunt me;
    Like a night sky turned threatening,
        You unfold Your power against me so that others marvel;
17     Like a prosecutor, You drag in witnesses against me;
        You escalate Your fury against me, coming in waves to pound on me.

18     So then, why did You bother to drag me out of the womb at all?
        I should have just died before any eye could see 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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