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16 Or, why was I not hidden as an untimely birth, as infants who never saw light?

17 There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary are at rest.

18 There the prisoners rest together, they do not hear the voice of the oppressor.

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16 Or why was I not hidden away in the ground like a stillborn child,(A)
    like an infant who never saw the light of day?(B)
17 There the wicked cease from turmoil,(C)
    and there the weary are at rest.(D)
18 Captives(E) also enjoy their ease;
    they no longer hear the slave driver’s(F) shout.(G)

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