American Standard Version of 1901
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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 crush me;That he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!
And be it still my consolation, {Or, Though I shrink back}Yea, let me {Or, harden myself}exult in pain {Or, though he spare not}that spareth not,That I have not {Or, concealed}denied the words of the Holy One.
What is my strength, that I should wait?And what is mine end, that I should be patient?
Is my strength the strength of stones?Or is my flesh of brass?
Is it not that I have no help in me,And that wisdom is driven quite from me?
For I know nothing against myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that {Or, examineth}judgeth me is the Lord.
So the poor hath hope,And iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a {Or, broom-tree}juniper-tree: and he requested for himself that he might die, and said, It is enough; now, O Jehovah, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.
And it came to pass, when Jehovah would take up Elijah by a whirlwind into heaven, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal.
And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared {Or, chariots}a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, which parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.
that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, that ye may be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inward man;