- LORD, they came to you in their distress; when you disciplined them, they could barely whisper a prayer.
- As a woman with child and about to give birth writhes and cries out in her pain, so were we in your presence, O LORD.
- We were with child, we writhed in pain, but we gave birth to wind. We have not brought salvation to the earth; we have not given birth to people of the world.
- But your dead will live; their bodies will rise. You who dwell in the dust, wake up and shout for joy. Your dew is like the dew of the morning; the earth will give birth to her dead.
- Go, my people, enter your rooms and shut the doors behind you; hide yourselves for a little while until his wrath has passed by.
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- O LORD, they sought You in distress; They could only whisper a prayer, Your chastening was upon them.
- 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.
- We were pregnant, we writhed in labor, We gave birth, as it seems, only to wind We could not accomplish deliverance for the earth, Nor were inhabitants of the world born.
- Your dead will live; Their corpses will rise You who lie in the dust, awake and shout for joy, For your dew is as the dew of the dawn, And the earth will give birth to the departed spirits.
- Come, my people, enter into your rooms And close your doors behind you; Hide for a little while Until indignation runs its course.
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