"Why does God give light to one who is in misery, and life to those whose soul is bitter,

For you write down bitter things against me and cause me to inherit the sins of my youth.

He will not look on the streams, the rivers, which are the torrents of honey and butter.

"Even today my complaint is still bitter; his hand is heavy despite my groaning.

"As surely as God lives, who has denied me justice, the Almighty, who has made my life bitter --

when my steps were bathed with butter and the rock poured out for me streams of olive oil!