¹⁷ As a pregnant woman about to give birth^(A)
    writhes and cries out in her pain,
    so were we in your presence, Lord.

¹⁸ We were with child, we writhed in labor,
    but we gave birth^(A) to wind.
We have not brought salvation^(B) to the earth,
    and the people of the world have not come to life.^(C)