Because it shut not up the doors of my (mother's) womb, Nor hid trouble from mine eyes.
Why died I not from the womb? Why did I not give up the ghost when my mother bare me?
Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, And life unto the bitter in soul;
Thou rulest the pride of the sea: When the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.
Let us lie down in our shame, and let our confusion cover us; for we have sinned against Jehovah our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even unto this day; and we have not obeyed the voice of Jehovah our God.
I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.
He hath led me and caused me to walk in darkness, and not in light.