12. And you, O Lord of hosts, the Tester of the just, who sees the temperament and the heart: I beg you to let me see your vengeance upon them. For I have revealed my case to you.
13. Sing to the Lord! Praise the Lord! For he has freed the soul of the poor from the hand of the wicked.
14. Cursed is the day on which I was born! The day on which my mother gave birth to me: let it not be blessed!
15. Cursed is the man who announced it to my father, saying, 'A male child has been born to you,' causing him to rejoice with gladness.
16. Let that man be like the cities that the Lord has overthrown without regret. Let him hear an outcry in the morning, and wailing at the time of midday!
17. So let him be, who did not put me to death from the womb, so that my mother would have been my sepulcher, and her womb would have been my eternal resting place!
18. Why did I depart from the womb, so that I would see hardship and sorrow, and so that my days would be consumed by trouble?"