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12 Why did the knees receive me?
    Or why the breasts, that I should suck?
13 For then I should have lain down and been quiet;
    I should have slept; then I should have been at rest,
14 with kings and counselors of the earth
    who rebuilt ruins for themselves,

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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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