¹⁹ Better to live in a desert
    than with a quarrelsome and nagging wife.^(A)

⁹ Better to live on a corner of the roof
    than share a house with a quarrelsome wife.^(A)

⁵ Woe to me that I dwell in Meshek,
    that I live among the tents of Kedar!^(A)
6 Too long have I lived
    among those who hate peace.

⁶ I said, “Oh, that I had the wings of a dove!
    I would fly away and be at rest.
⁷ I would flee far away
    and stay in the desert;^[a](A)