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12 Why did my mother hold me on her knees?
    Why did her breasts feed me?
13 If I had died when I was born,
    I would be at peace now.
I wish I were asleep and at rest
14     with the kings and their advisors
    who built palaces that are now in ruins.

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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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