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I also could speak as you do
    if you were in my place.
I could ·make great speeches [L join words] against you
    and shake my head at you [C like wagging a finger at someone].
But, instead, I would ·encourage you [L strengthen you with my mouth],
    and ·my words [L the words of my lips] would bring you ·relief [comfort].

“Even if I speak, my pain is not less,
    and if I don’t speak, it still does not go away.

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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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