9. Let that day’s morning stars never appear;let it wait for daylight that never comes.Don’t let it see the first light of dawn,
10. because it allowed me to be bornand did not hide trouble from my eyes.
11. “Why didn’t I die as soon as I was born?Why didn’t I die when I came out of the womb?
12. Why did my mother’s knees receive me,and my mother’s breasts feed me?
13. If they had not been there,I would be lying dead in peace;I would be asleep and at rest
14. with kings and wise men of the earthwho built places for themselves that are now ruined.
15. I would be asleep with rulerswho filled their houses with gold and silver.
16. Why was I not buried like a child born dead,like a baby who never saw the light of day?
17. In the grave the wicked stop making trouble,and the weary workers are at rest.
18. In the grave there is rest for the captiveswho no longer hear the shout of the slave driver.