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18 Why then hast Thou brought me forth out of the rechem (womb)? Oh that I had expired, and no eye had seen me!

19 I should have been as though I had never been; I should have been carried from the beten straight to the kever.

20 Are not my yamim few? Then cease, and let me alone, that I may take a little cheer

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18 “Why then did you bring me out of the womb?(A)
    I wish I had died before any eye saw me.(B)
19 If only I had never come into being,
    or had been carried straight from the womb to the grave!(C)
20 Are not my few days(D) almost over?(E)
    Turn away from me(F) so I can have a moment’s joy(G)

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