18 ‘aWhy then have You brought me out of the womb?
Would that I had breathed my last and no eye had seen me!
19 I should have been as though I had not been,
Carried from womb to tomb.’
20 Would He not cease afor a few of my days?
bWithdraw from me that I may have a little cheer
21 Before I go—aand I shall not return—
bTo the land of darkness and cshadow of death,
22 The land of utter gloom as the thick darkness itself,
Of the shadow of death, without order,
And which shines as the thick darkness.”