11 “Why did I not perish at birth,

and die as I came from the womb?

12 Why were there knees to receive me

and breasts that I might be nursed?

11 Why died I not from the womb? Why did I not give up the ghost when I came out of the belly? 12 Why did the knees prevent me? Or why the breasts that I should suck?

11 “Why wasn’t I born dead?

Why didn’t I die as I came from the womb?

12 Why was I laid on my mother’s lap?

Why did she nurse me at her breasts?

11 “Why did I not die at birth?

Why did I not perish when I came from the womb?

12 Why did the knees receive me?

Or why the breasts, that I should nurse?

11 “Why didn’t I die as soon as I was born?

Why didn’t I die when I came out of the womb?

12 Why did my mother’s knees receive me,

and my mother’s breasts feed me?

11 Why died I not from the womb?

Why did I not give up the ghost when my mother bare me?

12 Why did the knees receive me?

Or why the breasts, that I should suck?

11 Wherefore did I not die from the womb, —come forth from the belly and expire? 12 Why did the knees meet me? and wherefore the breasts, that I should suck?

11 “Why didn’t I die as soon as I was born 

and breathe my last breath when I came out of the womb? 

12 Why did knees welcome me? 

Why did breasts let me nurse? 

11 Why was I not stillborn;

why didn’t I die as I came from the womb?

12 Why did the knees receive me,

and why were there breasts for me to nurse?

11 “Why did I not die at birth,

come forth from the womb and expire?

12 Why were there knees to receive me,

or breasts for me to suck?

11 “Why did I not die at birth?

Why did I not come forth from the womb and expire?

12 Why did the knees receive me

and the breasts, that I could suck?

11 “Why didn’t I die when I was born?

Why didn’t I die as I came out of my mother’s body?

12 Why was I placed on her knees?

Why did her breasts give me milk?

11 “Why did I not die at birth,

Come forth from the womb and expire?

12 “Why did the knees receive me,

And why the breasts, that I should suck?