20 “Why is light given to the miserable,and life unto the bitter in soul,
21 who look for death, but it is not there;and they search for it more than for hidden treasures;
22 who rejoice exceedingly,and they are glad when they find the grave?
23 And why is light given to a manwhose way is hidden,whom God has hedged in?
24 For my sighing comes before I eat,and my groaning pours forth like the waters.
25 For the thing which I greatly feared has happened to me,and that which I dreaded has come to me.
26 I am not at peace; I have no quiet,I cannot rest, and turmoil has come.”