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10 I thought that in the prime of my life
    I would go down to the gates of Sheol
        and be robbed of the rest of my life.
11 I thought that I wouldn’t see Yah in this world.
    Even with all the people in the world,
    I thought I would never see another person.
12 My life was over.
    You rolled it up like a shepherd’s tent.
    You rolled up my life like a weaver.
    You cut me off from the loom.
        You ended my life in one day.

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10 I said, “In the prime of my life(A)
    must I go through the gates of death(B)
    and be robbed of the rest of my years?(C)
11 I said, “I will not again see the Lord himself(D)
    in the land of the living;(E)
no longer will I look on my fellow man,
    or be with those who now dwell in this world.
12 Like a shepherd’s tent(F) my house
    has been pulled down(G) and taken from me.
Like a weaver I have rolled(H) up my life,
    and he has cut me off from the loom;(I)
    day and night(J) you made an end of me.

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