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Why Do I Go on Living?

20 “Why give light to one in misery
and life to those who find it so bitter,
21 to those who long for death but it never comes—
though they dig for it more than for buried treasure?
22 They are ecstatic,
delighted to find the grave.

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20 “Why is light given to those in misery,
    and life to the bitter of soul,(A)
21 to those who long for death that does not come,(B)
    who search for it more than for hidden treasure,(C)
22 who are filled with gladness
    and rejoice when they reach the grave?(D)

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