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18 Why did you let me be born?
    I should have died before anyone saw me.
19 It would have been better if I had not been born.
Or they should have put me in my grave,
    immediately after my birth.
20 I will only live for a few more days.
    So leave me alone! Then I may be happy for a moment.

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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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