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12 Why did my mother hold me on her knees?
    Why did she feed me at her breast?
13 If I had died then, I would be at rest now,
14     sleeping like the kings and rulers
    who rebuilt ancient palaces.

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12 Why were there knees to receive me(A)
    and breasts that I might be nursed?
13 For now I would be lying down(B) in peace;
    I would be asleep and at rest(C)
14 with kings and rulers of the earth,(D)
    who built for themselves places now lying in ruins,(E)

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