Romans 9:2-4

MLV(i) 2 that great sorrow is in me and constant anguish in my heart. 3 For I was praying for myself to be accursed from the Christ on behalf of my brethren, my relatives according to the flesh, 4 who are Israelites, whose is the sonship and the glory and the covenants and the institution of the law and the divine service and the promises;