11. “Why wasn’t I born dead?Why didn’t I die as I came from the womb?
12. Why was I laid on my mother’s lap?Why did she nurse me at her breasts?
13. Had I died at birth, I would now be at peace.I would be asleep and at rest.
14. I would rest with the world’s kings and prime ministers,whose great buildings now lie in ruins.
15. I would rest with princes, rich in gold,whose palaces were filled with silver.
16. Why wasn’t I buried like a stillborn child,like a baby who never lives to see the light?
17. For in death the wicked cause no trouble,and the weary are at rest.