13. If all of that hadn't happened, I would be lying down in peace. I'd be asleep and at rest in the grave.
14. I'd be with the earth's kings and advisers. They had built for themselves places that are now destroyed.
15. I'd be with rulers who used to have gold. They had filled their houses with silver.
16. Why wasn't I buried like a baby who was born dead? Why wasn't I buried like a child who never saw the light of day?
17. In the grave, sinful people don't cause trouble anymore. And there those who are tired find rest.
18. Prisoners also enjoy peace there. They don't hear a slave driver shouting at them anymore.
19. The least important and most important people are there. And there the slaves are set free from their owners.