Chapter 10 No.10

1 Anna perceiving a sparrow's nest in the

laurels bemoans her barrenness.

AND as she was looking towards

heaven she perceive a sparrow's

nest in the laurel,

2 And mourning within herself,

she said, Wo is me, who begat

me? and what womb did bear

me, that I should be thus

accursed before the children of

Israel, and that they should

reproach and deride me in the

temple of my God: Wo is me,

to what can I be compared?

3 I am not comparable to the

very beasts of the earth, for even

the beasts of the earth are fruitful

before thee, O Lord! Wo is me,

to what can I be compared?

4 I am not compared to the

brute animal, for even the brute

animals are fruitful before thee,

O Lord! Wo is me, to what am I

comparable?

5 I cannot be comparable to

these waters, for even the waters

are fruitful before thee, O Lord!

Wo is me, to what can I be compared?

6 I am not comparable to the

waves of the sea; for these,

whether they are calm, or in motion,

with the fishes which are in them,

praise thee, O Lord! Wo is me to

what can I be compared?

7 I am not comparable to the

very earth, for the earth produces

its fruits, and praises thee, O Lord!