13. For by now, I should have been sleeping silently, and taking rest in my sleep
14. with the kings and consuls of the earth, who build themselves solitudes,
15. either with princes, who possess gold and fill their houses with silver,
16. or, like a hidden miscarriage, I should not have continued, just like those who, being conceived, have not seen the light.
17. There the impious cease from rebellion, and there the wearied in strength take rest.
18. And at such times, having been bound together without difficulty, they have not heard the voice of the bailiff.
19. The small and great are there, and the servant is free from his master.
20. Why is light given to the miserable, and life to those who are in bitterness of soul,
21. who expect death, and it does not arrive, like those who dig for treasure
22. and who rejoice greatly when they have found the grave,
23. to a man whose way is hidden and whom God has surrounded with darkness?
24. Before I eat, I sigh; and like overflowing waters, so is my howl,
25. for the terror that I feared has happened to me, and so has the dread befallen me.
26. Have I not remained hidden? Have I not kept silence? Have I not remained calm? Yet indignation has overcome me.