18 Wherefore then hast thou brought me out of the womb? Oh that I had perished, and that none eye had seen me!

19 And that I were as I had not been, but brought from the womb to the grave!

20 Are not my days few? let him [a]cease, and leave off from me, that I may take a little comfort,

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Footnotes

  1. Job 10:20 He wisheth that God would leave off his affliction, considering his great misery and the brevity of his life.

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)
20 Are not my few days(D) almost over?(E)
    Turn away from me(F) so I can have a moment’s joy(G)

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