^6 (A)Trembling took hold of them there,
    anguish ^(B)as of a woman in labor.

^13 (A)The pangs of childbirth come for him,
    but he is an unwise son,
for at the right time he does not present himself
    ^(B)at the opening of the womb.

⁶ Ask now, and see,
    can a man bear a child?
^(A)Why then do I see every man
    with his hands on his stomach ^(B)like a woman in labor?
    ^(C)Why has every face turned pale?
⁷ Alas! ^(D)That day is so great
    ^(E)there is none like it;
it is a time of distress for Jacob;
    yet he shall be saved out of it.

³ Therefore my loins are filled with anguish;
    ^(A)pangs have seized me,
    like the pangs of a woman in labor;
I am bowed down so that I cannot hear;
    I am dismayed so that I cannot see.

¹⁵ Now are the chiefs of Edom ^(A)dismayed;
    trembling seizes the leaders of ^(B)Moab;
    ^(C)all the inhabitants of Canaan have melted away.
¹⁶ Terror and ^(D)dread fall upon them;
    because of the greatness of your arm, they are still ^(E)as a stone,
till your people, O Lord, pass by,
    till the people pass by whom ^(F)you have purchased.