10. I said, “I am in the middle of my life.Do I have to go through the gates where the dead are now?Will I have the rest of my life taken away from me?”
11. I said, “I will not see the Lordin the land of the living again.I will not again see the peoplewho live on the earth.
12. Like a shepherd’s tent,my home has been pulled down and taken from me.I am finished like the clotha weaver rolls up and cuts from the loom.In one day you brought me to this end.
13. All night I cried loudly.Like a lion, he crushed all my bones.In one day you brought me to this end.