3:13 For now 1 I would be lying down
and 2 would be quiet, 3
I would be asleep and then at peace 4
3:14 with kings and counselors of the earth
who built for themselves places now desolate, 5
3:15 or with princes who possessed gold, 6
who filled their palaces 7 with silver.
3:16 Or why 8 was 9 I not buried 10
like a stillborn infant, 11
like infants 12 who have never seen the light? 13
3:17 There 14 the wicked 15 cease 16 from turmoil, 17
and there the weary 18 are at rest.
3:18 There 19 the prisoners 20 relax 21 together; 22
they do not hear the voice of the oppressor. 23
3:19 Small and great are 24 there,
and the slave is free 25 from his master. 26
57:1 The godly 27 perish,
but no one cares. 28
Honest people disappear, 29
when no one 30 minds 31
that the godly 32 disappear 33 because of 34 evil. 35
57:2 Those who live uprightly enter a place of peace;
they rest on their beds. 36
14:13 Then 37 I heard a voice from heaven say, “Write this:
‘Blessed are the dead,
those who die in the Lord from this moment on!’”
“Yes,” says the Spirit, “so they can rest from their hard work, 38 because their deeds will follow them.” 39