^17 (A)As the pregnant woman approaches the time to give birth,
She writhes and cries out in her labor pains,
Thus were we before You, O Lord.

³¹ For I heard a ^[a]cry as of a woman in labor,
The anguish as of one giving birth to her first child,
The ^[b]cry of the daughter of Zion ^(A)gasping for breath,
^(B)Stretching out her ^[c]hands, saying,
“Ah, woe is me, for ^[d]I faint before murderers.”