18. The captives are at ease together,and hear no overseer’s voice.
19. Small and great are there;the servant is free from the master.
20. Why is light given to the toilers,life to the bitter in spirit?
21. They wait for death and it does not come;they search for it more than for hidden treasures.
22. They rejoice in it exultingly,and are glad when they find the grave:
23. A man whose path is hidden from him,one whom God has hemmed in!
24. For to me sighing comes more readily than food;my groans well forth like water.
25. For what I feared overtakes me;what I dreaded comes upon me.
26. I have no peace nor ease;I have no rest, for trouble has come!