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.