Ως εγκυος γυνη, οταν πλησιαση εις την γενναν, κοιλοπονει, φωναζουσα εν τοις πονοις αυτης, ουτως εγειναμεν ενωπιον σου, Κυριε.
Like as a woman with child, that draweth near the time of her delivery, is in pain, and crieth out in her pangs; so have we been in thy sight, O LORD.