21:3 For this reason my stomach churns; 1
cramps overwhelm me
like the contractions of a woman in labor.
I am disturbed 2 by what I hear,
horrified by what I see.
21:4 My heart palpitates, 3
I shake in fear; 4
the twilight I desired
has brought me terror.
1 tn Heb “my waist is filled with shaking [or “anguish”].”
2 tn Or perhaps, “bent over [in pain]”; cf. NRSV “I am bowed down.”
3 tn Heb “wanders,” perhaps here, “is confused.”
4 tn Heb “shuddering terrifies me.”