Naked I came from my mother’s womb,^(A)
and naked I will leave this life.^[a](B)
The Lord gives, and the Lord takes away.
Blessed be the name of the Lord.^(C)

¹⁷ You produce new witnesses^[a] against me
and multiply your anger towards me.
Hardships assault me, wave after wave.^[b]

¹⁷ because he didn’t kill me in the womb^(A)
so that my mother might have been my grave,
her womb eternally pregnant.
¹⁸ Why did I come out of the womb
to see only struggle and sorrow,^(B)
to end my life in shame?