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27 If I were to say, ‘Let me forget my complaint,’
    change[a] the expression on[b] my face, and look cheerful,
28 then I still dread all of my suffering;
    I know you still won’t acquit me.
29 I will be condemned,
    so why should I wear myself out with this futility?

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  1. Job 9:27 Lit. forsake
  2. Job 9:27 The Heb. lacks the expression on

27 If I say, ‘I will forget my complaint,(A)
    I will change my expression, and smile,’
28 I still dread(B) all my sufferings,
    for I know you will not hold me innocent.(C)
29 Since I am already found guilty,
    why should I struggle in vain?(D)

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