13. “ ‘Yet you hid these things in your heart; I know that this was your purpose.
14. If I had sinned, then you would be watching me, and you would not acquit me of my guilt.
15. If I am guilty, woe to me! But if I am righteous, I dare not lift my head; I am filled with shame, and just look at my misery!
16. And if my head grows bold, you would hunt me as the lion in its prime; and you repeat your exploits against me.
17. You renew your witnesses against me, and you increase your vexation against me; relief forces are against me.
18. So why did you bring me forth from the womb? I should have passed away, and no eye should have seen me.
19. I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been brought from the womb to the grave.
20. Are not my days few? Let him leave me alone; let him turn from me, and let me rejoice a little.
21. Before I go—and I will not return— to the land of darkness and deep shadow,
22. to the land of darkness, like the darkness of a deep shadow and chaos, so that it shines forth like darkness.’ ”