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I also could speak like you, if I were in your place. I could put words together against you, and shake my head at you. I could give you strength with my mouth. I could speak words of comfort and make your pain less.

“If I speak, my pain is not made less. And if I keep quiet, it does not leave 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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