“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 fulfill my hope,
that it would (A)please God to crush me,
    that he would let loose his hand and cut me off!
10 This would be my comfort;
    I would even exult[a] in pain (B)unsparing,
    for I have not denied the words of (C)the Holy One.

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  1. Job 6:10 The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain

“Oh, that my request might come to pass,
And that God would grant my hope!
Oh, that God would (A)decide to crush me,
That He would let loose His hand and cut me off!
10 But it is still my comfort,
And I rejoice in unsparing pain,
That I (B)have not [a]denied the words of the Holy One.

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  1. Job 6:10 Lit hidden