¹² They change the night into day: The light, `say they', is near unto the darkness.

⁶⁷ In the morning thou shalt say, Would it were even! and at even thou shalt say, Would it were morning! for the fear of thy heart which thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.

³ So am I made to possess months of misery, And wearisome nights are appointed to me.

⁴ When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? And I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day.

¹³ When I say, My bed shall comfort me, My couch shall ease my complaint;

¹⁴ Then thou scarest me with dreams, And terrifiest me through visions:

¹⁴ The murderer riseth with the light; He killeth the poor and needy; And in the night he is as a thief.

¹⁵ The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, Saying, No eye shall see me: And he disguiseth his face.

¹⁶ In the dark they dig through houses: They shut themselves up in the day-time; They know not the light.