Translations
Louis Segond 1910
Maintenant, Eternel, prends-moi donc la vie, car la mort m'est préférable à la vie.
KJV
Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for [it is] better for me to die than to live.
Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for [it is] better for me to die than to live.
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