^{13 Ref} For then I might have gone to my rest in quiet, and in sleep have been in peace,

^{14 Ref} With kings and the wise ones of the earth, who put up great houses for themselves;

^{15 Ref} Or with rulers who had gold, and whose houses were full of silver;

^{16 Ref} Or as a child dead at birth I might never have come into existence; like young children who have not seen the light.

^{17 Ref} There the passions of the evil are over, and those whose strength has come to an end have rest.

^{18 Ref} There the prisoners are at peace together; the voice of the overseer comes not again to their ears.

^{19 Ref} The small and the great are there, and the servant is free from his master.