8. “Oh, that I might have my request, that God would grant what I hope for,
9. that God would be willing to crush me, to let loose his hand and cut off my life!
10. Then I would still have this consolation— my joy in unrelenting pain— that I had not denied the words of the Holy One.
11. “What strength do I have, that I should still hope? What prospects, that I should be patient?
12. Do I have the strength of stone? Is my flesh bronze?
13. Do I have any power to help myself, now that success has been driven from me?