¹³ For now I would be lying down^(A) in peace;
    I would be asleep and at rest^(B)
14 with kings and rulers of the earth,^(C)
    who built for themselves places now lying in ruins,^(D)
15 with princes^(E) who had gold,
    who filled their houses with silver.^(F)
16 Or why was I not hidden away in the ground like a stillborn child,^(G)
    like an infant who never saw the light of day?^(H)
17 There the wicked cease from turmoil,^(I)
    and there the weary are at rest.^(J)
18 Captives^(K) also enjoy their ease;
    they no longer hear the slave driver’s^(L) shout.^(M)
19 The small and the great are there,^(N)
    and the slaves are freed from their owners.

⁸ The eye that now sees me will see me no longer;
    you will look for me, but I will be no more.^(A)
9 As a cloud vanishes^(B) and is gone,
    so one who goes down to the grave^(C) does not return.^(D)
10 He will never come to his house again;
    his place^(E) will know him no more.^(F)

²¹ Why do you not pardon my offenses
    and forgive my sins?^(A)
For I will soon lie down in the dust;^(B)
    you will search for me, but I will be no more.”^(C)