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18 “ ‘Why did you bring me forth from the womb?
    Would that I had died before any eye had seen me(A)
19 and were as though I had not been,
    carried from the womb to the grave.
20 Are not the days of my life few?[a]
    Let me alone, that I may find a little comfort[b](B)

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  1. 10.20 Cn Compare Gk Syr: Heb Are not my days few? Let him cease!
  2. 10.20 Heb that I may brighten up a little

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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