²⁰ "Why is light given to him who is in misery, Life to the bitter in soul,

¹⁵ So that my soul chooses strangling, Death rather than my bones.

¹⁶ I loathe my life. I don't want to live forever. Leave me alone; for my days are but a breath.

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

¹⁰ She was in bitterness of soul, and prayed to Yahweh, and wept sore.

⁶ Give strong drink to him who is ready to perish; And wine to the bitter in soul:

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

¹⁶ Or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been, As infants who 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 has redeemed my soul from going into the pit, My life shall see the light.'

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