¹⁶ Or why was I not hidden away in the ground like a stillborn child,^(A)
    like an infant who never saw the light of day?^(B)

⁸ May they be like a slug that melts away as it moves along,^(A)
    like a stillborn child^(B) that never sees the sun.

³ But better than both
    is the one who has never been born,^(A)
who has not seen the evil
    that is done under the sun.^(B)