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I also could speak as ye do. I wish your soul were in my soul’s stead, that I could heap up words against you and shake my head at you.

But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the consolation of my lips would assuage the pain.

¶ Though if I speak, my pain does not cease; and if I forbear to speak, it does not depart from 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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