²⁰ Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, And life unto the bitter in soul;

¹⁵ So that my soul chooseth strangling, And death rather than `these' my bones.

¹⁶ I loathe `my life'; I would not live alway: Let me alone; for my days are vanity.

¹⁸ Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labor and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?

¹⁰ And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto Jehovah, and wept sore.

⁶ Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, And wine unto the bitter in soul:

²⁷ And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught hold of his feet. And Gehazi came near to thrust her away; but the man of God said, Let her alone: for her soul is vexed within her; and Jehovah hath hid it from me, and hath not told me.

¹⁶ Or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been, As infants that never saw light.

⁹ Even that it would please God to crush me; That he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!

²⁸ He hath redeemed my soul from going into the pit, And my life shall behold the light.

³⁰ To bring back his soul from the pit, That he may be enlightened with the light of the living.