Translations
Why did I ever leave the womb? All I have seen is misery and sorrow — and my days will run out in shame.
Why is it that I came out of the womb to see toil (*amal*) and grief (*yagon*), and my days end in shame (*bosheth*)?
Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?
Why did I come out of the womb to see only trouble and sorrow, and to end my days in shame?