3:11 “Why did I not 2 die 3 at birth, 4
and why did I not expire
as 5 I came out of the womb?
3:12 Why did the knees welcome me, 6
and why were there 7 two breasts 8
that I might nurse at them? 9
3:13 For now 10 I would be lying down
and 11 would be quiet, 12
I would be asleep and then at peace 13
3:14 with kings and counselors of the earth
who built for themselves places now desolate, 14
3:15 or with princes who possessed gold, 15
who filled their palaces 16 with silver.
3:16 Or why 17 was 18 I not buried 19
like a stillborn infant, 20
like infants 21 who have never seen the light? 22
3:17 There 23 the wicked 24 cease 25 from turmoil, 26
and there the weary 27 are at rest.
3:18 There 28 the prisoners 29 relax 30 together; 31
they do not hear the voice of the oppressor. 32
3:19 Small and great are 33 there,
and the slave is free 34 from his master. 35