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How I wish God would crush me
    and reach out his hand to ·destroy me [cut me off].
10 Then I would have this ·comfort [consolation]
    and be glad even in this unending pain,
because I would know I did not reject the words of the Holy One.

11 “·I do not have the [L What is my…?] strength to wait.
    ·There is nothing to hope for,
    so why should I be patient [L What is my end that I should arrange my life]?

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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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