For he did not kill me before I came from the womb, making my pregnant mother’s womb my grave forever. ¹ 

Did not the one who made me in the womb make them? ¹  Did not the same one form us in the womb?

because it ¹  did not shut the doors ²  of my mother’s womb on me, ³  nor did it hide trouble ⁴  from my eyes!

“Who shut up ¹  the sea with doors when it burst forth, ²  coming out of the womb,

Certainly ¹  you made my mind and heart; ²  you wove me together ³  in my mother’s womb.

the grave, ¹  the barren womb, ²  land that is not satisfied with water, and fire that never says, “Enough!” ³ 

When the time came for Rebekah to give birth, ¹  there were ²  twins in her womb.

When it was time for her to give birth, there were twins in her womb.

“Why did I not ²  die ³  at birth, ⁴  and why did I not expire as ⁵  I came out of the womb?

I should have been as though I had never existed; ¹  I should have been carried right from the womb to the grave!

O ¹  my son, O son of my womb, O son ²  of my vows,

In the womb he attacked his brother; in his manly vigor he struggled ¹  with God.

“Every firstborn of the womb ¹  belongs to me, even every firstborn ²  of your cattle that is a male, ³  whether ox or sheep.

From whose womb does the ice emerge, and the frost from the sky, ¹  who gives birth to it,

I have been dependent on you since birth; ¹  from the time I came out of my mother’s womb you have been my God. ² 

The wicked turn aside from birth; ¹  liars go astray as soon as they are born. ² 

Yes, ¹  sons ²  are a gift from the Lord, the fruit of the womb is a reward.

When the Lord saw that Leah was unloved, ¹  he enabled her to become pregnant ²  while Rachel remained childless.

Then God took note of ¹  Rachel. He paid attention to her and enabled her to become pregnant. ² 

Give them, O Lord – what will you give them? Give them wombs that miscarry, and breasts that cannot nurse! ¹