¹⁹ It is better to live in a desert land
    than with a contentious and fretful wife.

⁹ It is better to live in a corner of the housetop
    than in a house shared with a contentious wife.^(A)

^2 [a]O that I had in the desert
    a traveler’s lodging place,
that I might leave my people
    and go away from them!
For they are all adulterers,
    a band of traitors.^(A)

⁶ And I say, “O that I had wings like a dove!
    I would fly away and be at rest;^(A)
7 truly, I would flee far away;
    I would lodge in the wilderness; Selah