"Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child."
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And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice: for they will say, The LORD hath not appeared unto thee.
And Moses said before the LORD, Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh hearken unto me?
Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.
Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! surely thou hast greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall have peace; whereas the sword reacheth unto the soul.
Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, the prophets say unto them, Ye shall not see the sword, neither shall ye have famine; but I will give you assured peace in this place.
And Moses said unto the LORD, O my LORD, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.
And now, O LORD my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father: and I am but a little child: I know not how to go out or come in.
Ah Lord GOD! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee:
And Moses spake before the LORD, saying, Behold, the children of Israel have not hearkened unto me; how then shall Pharaoh hear me, who am of uncircumcised lips?
Then said I, O Lord God! see, I have no power of words, for I am a child.
And I said, Alas, Lord Jehovah! behold, I cannot speak; for I am a child.
Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.
Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.
Then said I, Ah, Lord Yahweh! behold, I don't know how to speak; for I am a child.
And I say, `Ah, Lord Jehovah! lo, I have not known -- to speak, for I `am' a youth.'