Job 3:11-22

11 ^a“Why did I not die ^{▼▼ Lit from the womb}at birth,
Come forth from the womb and expire?
12 “Why did the knees receive me,
And why the breasts, that I should suck?
13 “For now I ^cwould have lain down and been quiet;
I would have slept then, I would have been at rest,
14 With ^dkings and with ^ecounselors of the earth,
Who rebuilt ^fruins for themselves;
15 Or with ^gprinces ^hwho had gold,
Who were filling their houses with silver.
16 “Or like a miscarriage which is ^{▼▼ Lit hidden}discarded, I would not be,
As infants that never saw light.
17 “There the wicked cease from raging,
And there the ^{▼▼ Lit weary of strength}weary are at ^krest.
18 “The prisoners are at ease together;
They do not hear the voice of the taskmaster.
19 “The small and the great are there,
And the slave is free from his master.

20 “Why is ^llight given to him who suffers,
And life to the bitter of soul,
21 Who ^{▼▼ Lit wait
,} ⁿlong for death, but there is none,
And dig for it more than for ^ohidden treasures,
22 Who rejoice greatly,
And exult when they find the grave?