There, the lawless, cease from raging, and there the toil-worn are at rest:

For toil will not come forth from the dust, and labor will not spring up from the earth;

So was I caused to possess to me months of vanity, and nights of toil were allotted to me.

I, shall be held guilty, - Wherefore then, in vain, should I toil?

Thou renewest thy witnesses before me and increasest thy displeasure against me; successions of evil and a time of toil are with me.

For thou shalt forget toil, then shalt remember as waters they passed away.

(If a man die, shall he live again?) all the days of my time of toil would I wait, till my change should come:

Returning [the] products of [his] toil, he will not swallow; according to the profit of his trade, {he will not enjoy},

Wilt thou trust in him, because of the greatness of his strength? Wilt thou leave unto him thy toil?