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15     With princes who possessed gold,
        whose houses swelled with silver.
16     Why was I not buried in secret as a baby born still,
        as a newborn who never saw light?
17     In the sleep of death, the wicked can do no more damage;
        the weary ones at last find rest.

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15 with princes(A) who had gold,
    who filled their houses with silver.(B)
16 Or why was I not hidden away in the ground like a stillborn child,(C)
    like an infant who never saw the light of day?(D)
17 There the wicked cease from turmoil,(E)
    and there the weary are at rest.(F)

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