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19 I wish I had never been born.
    Or I wish I had been carried straight from birth to the grave!
20 My few days of life are almost over.
    Leave me alone so I can have a moment of joy.
21 Soon I will leave and not return.
    I will go to the land of darkness and gloom.

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19 If only I had never come into being,
    or had been carried straight from the womb to the grave!(A)
20 Are not my few days(B) almost over?(C)
    Turn away from me(D) so I can have a moment’s joy(E)
21 before I go to the place of no return,(F)
    to the land of gloom and utter darkness,(G)

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