17 There the wicked cease from troubling,there the weary are at rest.
18 The captives are at ease together,and hear no overseer’s voice.
19 Small and great are there;the servant is free from the master.
20 Why is light given to the toilers,life to the bitter in spirit?
21 They wait for death and it does not come;they search for it more than for hidden treasures.
22 They rejoice in it exultingly,and are glad when they find the grave:
23 A man whose path is hidden from him,one whom God has hemmed in!