“Naked I came from my mother’s womb,
    and naked I will depart.^[a](A)
The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away;^(B)
    may the name of the Lord be praised.”^(C)

¹⁰ for it did not shut the doors of the womb on me
    to hide trouble from my eyes.

¹¹ “Why did I not perish at birth,
    and die as I came from the womb?^(A)

¹⁸ “Why then did you bring me out of the womb?^(A)
    I wish I had died before any eye saw me.^(B)
19 If only I had never come into being,
    or had been carried straight from the womb to the grave!^(C)