Jeremiah 20:17–18

because he did not kill me in the womb;

so my mother would have been my grave,

and her womb forever great.

Why did I come out from the womb

to see toil and sorrow,

and spend my days in shame?

For he did not kill me in the womb,

with my mother as my grave,

her womb enlarged forever.

Why did I ever come out of the womb

to see trouble and sorrow

and to end my days in shame?

because he didn’t kill me in the womb

so that my mother might have been my grave,

her womb eternally pregnant.

Why did I come out of the womb

to see only struggle and sorrow,

to end my life in shame?

because he did not kill me at birth.

Oh, that I had died in my mother’s womb,

that her body had been my grave!

Why was I ever born?

My entire life has been filled

with trouble, sorrow, and shame.

Because he did not kill me in the womb,

so that my mother would have been for me my grave,

and her womb would be pregnant forever.

Why did I come out from the womb,

to see toil, and sorrow, and to end my days in shame?

Because he slew me not from the womb;

Or that my mother might have been my grave,

And her womb to be always great with me.

Wherefore came I forth out of the womb

To see labour and sorrow,

That my days should be consumed with shame?