²⁶ I have no peace,^(A) no quietness;
    I have no rest,^(B) but only turmoil.”^(C)

²⁶ Yet when I hoped for good, evil came;
    when I looked for light, then came darkness.^(A)

² And I declared that the dead,^(A)
    who had already died,
are happier than the living,
    who are still alive.^(B)