If only my request would be granted
and God would provide what I hope for:
that he would decide to crush me,
to unleash his power and cut me off!
10 It would still bring me comfort,
and I would leap for joy in unrelenting pain
that I have not denied[a] the words of the Holy One.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 6:10 Lit hidden

“Oh, that I might have my request,
    that God would grant what I hope for,(A)
that God would be willing to crush(B) me,
    to let loose his hand and cut off my life!(C)
10 Then I would still have this consolation(D)
    my joy in unrelenting pain(E)
    that I had not denied the words(F) of the Holy One.(G)

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Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the thing that I long for!

Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!

10 Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.

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“Oh, that I might have my request,
That God would grant me the thing that I long for!
That it would please God to crush me,
That He would loose His hand and (A)cut me off!
10 Then I would still have comfort;
Though in anguish I would exult,
He will not spare;
For (B)I have not concealed the words of (C)the Holy One.

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