Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery,\par\tab And life unto the bitter in soul;
Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labor and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?\par
Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish,\par\tab And wine unto the bitter in soul:
And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto Jehovah, and wept sore.
To bring back his soul from the pit,\par\tab That he may be enlightened with the light of the living.
Even that it would please God to crush me;\par\tab That he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!
Or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been,\par\tab As infants that never saw light.
And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught hold of his feet. And Gehazi came near to thrust her away; but the man of God said, Let her alone: for her soul is vexed within her; and Jehovah hath hid it from me, and hath not told me.
He hath redeemed my soul from going into the pit,\par\tab And my life shall behold the light.\par
The small and the great are there:\par\tab And the servant is free from his master.\par