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“I wish that it would please God to crush me,
That He would let loose His hand and cut me off.
10 
“Then I would still have consolation,
And I would jump for joy amid unsparing pain,
That I have not denied or hidden the words of the Holy One.
11 
“What strength do I have left, that I should wait [and hope]?
And what is ahead of me, that I should be patient and endure?

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that God would be willing to crush(A) me,
    to let loose his hand and cut off my life!(B)
10 Then I would still have this consolation(C)
    my joy in unrelenting pain(D)
    that I had not denied the words(E) of the Holy One.(F)

11 “What strength do I have, that I should still hope?
    What prospects, that I should be patient?(G)

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