If only You would hide me in Sheol
and conceal me until Your anger passes.
If only You would appoint a time for me
and then remember me.

It will be accomplished before his time,
and his branch will not flourish.

Don’t you know that ever since antiquity,
from the time man was placed on earth,

They were snatched away before their time,
and their foundations were washed away by a river.

For God speaks time and again,
but a person may not notice it.

He uncovers their ears at that time
and terrifies them with warnings,

Can you count the months they are pregnant
so you can know the time they give birth?