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    And yet, I am not you, you are not me,
        and my words are of no real use:
    When I speak, my pain is not relieved;
        if I remain silent, it does not go away.
    God has drained me utterly;
        He has made those near to me desolate—killed my family and my servants.
    You have shriveled me up;
        my withered form stands as a witness against me;
        my body, haggard and thin, testifies to my face.

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“Yet if I speak, my pain is not relieved;
    and if I refrain, it does not go away.(A)
Surely, God, you have worn me out;(B)
    you have devastated my entire household.(C)
You have shriveled me up—and it has become a witness;
    my gauntness(D) rises up and testifies against me.(E)

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