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)

¹⁷ You bring new witnesses against me^(A)
    and increase your anger toward me;^(B)
    your forces come against me wave upon wave.^(C)

¹⁸ “Why then did you bring me out of the womb?^(D)
    I wish I had died before any eye saw me.^(E)

¹⁷ For he did not kill me in the womb,^(A)
    with my mother as my grave,
    her womb enlarged forever.
¹⁸ Why did I ever come out of the womb^(B)
    to see trouble^(C) and sorrow
    and to end my days in shame?^(D)