15. Or with sarim (princes) that had zahav, who filled their batim (houses) with kesef;
16. Or as a hidden stillborn--I had not been!--as olelim which never saw ohr.
17. There the resha'im cease from troubling; and there the weary are at rest.
18. There the asirim (prisoners, captives) rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor.
19. The katon and gadol are there; and the eved is free from his adon.
20. Why is ohr given to him that is in misery, and chayyim unto the bitter in nefesh;
21. Which long for mavet, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hidden treasures;
22. Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the kever?
23. Why is ohr given to a gever whose derech is hidden, and whom Elohim hath hedged in?
24. For my sighing cometh instead of lechem, and my groanings are poured out like the mayim.
25. For the pachad (terror) which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I dreaded is come unto me.
26. I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; and rogez (tzoros, turmoil) came.