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But if it were me, I would encourage you.
    I would try to take away your grief.
Instead, I suffer if I defend myself,
    and I suffer no less if I refuse to speak.

“O God, you have ground me down
    and devastated my family.

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But my mouth would encourage you;
    comfort(A) from my lips would bring you relief.(B)

“Yet if I speak, my pain is not relieved;
    and if I refrain, it does not go away.(C)
Surely, God, you have worn me out;(D)
    you have devastated my entire household.(E)

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