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19 I should be as though I had never lived;
    I should have been taken from the womb to the grave.
20 Are not my days few? Stop!
    Let me alone, that I may recover a little
21 Before I go whence I shall not return,(A)
    to the land of darkness and of 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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