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Let Me Alone So That I May Have a Few Moments of Happiness

18 “ ‘Why did you bring me forth from the womb?
    It would have been better if I had died
    before an eye had beheld me,
19 and had been carried from the womb to the grave
    as though I had never existed.
20 Do I not have but a few remaining days of life?
    Let me alone so that I may have a few moments of happiness

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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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