“我为何不出母胎而死？为何不出母腹绝气？

“我为何不出母胎而死？为何不出母腹就气绝呢？

“我为何不出母胎而死？为何不出母腹就气绝呢？

“为何我不出生时就夭折，出母胎时就断气？

我为什么不一离母胎就死去？我为什么不一出母腹就断气？

我為何不出母胎而死？為何不出母腹絕氣？

「我為何不出母胎而死？為何不出母腹就氣絕呢？

「我為何不出母胎而死？為何不出母腹就氣絕呢？

「為何我不出生時就夭折，出母胎時就斷氣？

我為甚麼不一離母胎就死去？我為甚麼不一出母腹就斷氣？

我為甚麼不從母胎就死去？為甚麼不出母腹就氣絕呢？

我何不墮胎而死、何不甫產而亡、

我何不胎墮而死、何不出胎而氣絕、

“ Why did I not perish at birth, and die as I came from the womb?

“ Why didn’t I die when I was born? Why didn’t I die as I came out of my mother’s body?

“ Why did I not die at birth, come out from the womb and expire?

“ Why wasn’t I born dead? Why didn’t I die as I came from the womb?

Why was I not stillborn; why didn’t I die as I came from the womb?

“ Why did I not die at birth, Come out of the womb and pass away?

“ Why did I not die at birth? Why did I not perish when I came from the womb?

Why died I not from the womb? Why did I not give up the ghost when my mother bare me?

Why was I not stillborn; why didn’t I die as I came from the womb?

Why died I not from the womb?[ why] did I[ not] give up the ghost when I came out of the belly?

“ Why did I not die at birth, and why did I not expire as I came out of the womb?

“ Why didn’t I die from the womb? Why didn’t I give up the spirit when my mother bore me?

愿他们像蜗牛那样在爬行中消融，又像女人流产的胎儿未见天日。

然而，是你使我从母腹中出来，是你使我在母亲的怀中就有依靠。我自出母胎就被交托给你；一出母腹，你就是我的神。

“雅各家啊，以色列家所有的余剩之民哪，你们这些自出母腹就被我负抱、自出母胎就被我背负的人，要听我的话！

我在母腹中就依赖你，是你从母胎中把我接出来，我要常常赞美你。

是你创造了我的肺腑，在我母腹中编织了我。我要称谢你，因为我受造奇妙可畏；你所做的奇妙，我的灵魂深深知道。当我在隐秘处受造、在大地的深处被织成时，我的形体不能向你隐藏。我未成形的身体，你的眼睛早已看见；你为我所定的日子，连一天也还没有过，就全都记在你的册子上了。