Job 3:11-26

11“Why did I not die at birth, Come forth from the womb and expire?

12Why did the knees receive me? And why the breasts, that I would nurse?

13For now I would have lain down and been quiet; I would have slept then, I would have been at rest [in death],

14With kings and counselors of the earth, Who built up [now desolate] ruins for themselves;

15Or with princes who had gold, Who filled their houses with silver.

16Or like a miscarriage which is hidden and put away, I would not exist, Like infants who never saw light.

17There [in death] the wicked cease from raging, And there the weary are at rest.

18There the prisoners rest together; They do not hear the taskmaster’s voice.

19The small and the great are there, And the servant is free from his master.

20“Why is the light given to him who is in misery, And life to the bitter in soul,

21Who wait for death, but it does not come, And dig (search) for death more [diligently] than for hidden treasures,

22Who rejoice exceedingly, And rejoice when they find the grave?

23Why is the light of day given to a man whose way is hidden, And whom God has hedged in?

24For my groaning comes at the sight of my food, And my cries [of despair] are poured out like water.

25For the thing which I greatly fear comes upon me, And that of which I am afraid has come upon me.

26I am not at ease, nor am I quiet, And I am not at rest, and yet trouble still comes [upon me].”