15. If I sin, I am guilty and should be cursed. But even when I am innocent, I cannot lift up my head. I am so ashamed because of all the troubles I have.
16. If I have any success and feel proud, you hunt me down like a lion and show your power over me.
17. You bring witness after witness to prove that I am wrong. Again and again you show your anger as you send army after army against me.
18. So why did you let me be born? I wish I had died before anyone saw me.
19. I wish I had never lived. I wish they had carried me from my mother’s womb straight to the grave.
20. My life is almost finished. So leave me alone! Let me enjoy the little time I have left.
21. I am going soon to the land of no return, the place of death and darkness—