⁶ When I felt secure, I said,
    “I will never be shaken.”^(A)

⁷ You said, ‘I am forever^(A)—
    the eternal queen!’^(B)
But you did not consider these things
    or reflect^(C) on what might happen.^(D)

⁸ “Now then, listen, you lover of pleasure,
    lounging in your security^(E)
and saying to yourself,
    ‘I am, and there is none besides me.^(F)
I will never be a widow^(G)
    or suffer the loss of children.’