“When I lie down I say,
‘When shall I arise [and the night be gone]?’
But the night continues,
And I am continually tossing until the dawning of day.

“Will You never turn Your gaze away from me [it plagues me],
Nor let me alone until I swallow my spittle?

So man lies down and does not rise [again].
Until the heavens are no longer,
The dead will not awake nor be raised from their sleep.

“If a man dies, will he live again?
I will wait all the days of my struggle
Until my change and release will come.

“Far be it from me that I should admit you are right [in your accusations against me];
Until I die, I will not remove my integrity from me.