^17 (A)As the pregnant woman approaches the time to give birth,
She writhes and cries out in her labor pains;
This is how we were before You, Lord.

³¹ For I heard a voice cry as of a woman in labor,
The anguish as of one giving birth to her first child.
The voice of the daughter of Zion ^(A)gasping for breath,
^(B)Stretching out her ^[a]hands, saying,
“Ah, woe to me, for ^[b]I faint before murderers.”