²⁰ And she got up in the middle of the night and took my son from my side while your servant was sleeping; and she took it in her arms and put her dead child in my arms.

¹³ Then there are those who are haters of the light, who have no knowledge of its ways, and do not go in them.

¹⁴ He who is purposing death gets up before day, so that he may put to death the poor and those in need.

¹⁵ And the man whose desire is for the wife of another is waiting for the evening, saying, No eye will see me; and he puts a cover on his face. And in the night the thief goes about;

¹⁶ In the dark he makes holes in the walls of houses: in the daytime they are shutting themselves up, they have no knowledge of the light.

¹⁷ For the middle of the night is as morning to them, they are not troubled by the fear of the dark.

¹¹ If I say, Only let me be covered by the dark, and the light about me be night;

²⁵ But while men were sleeping, one who had hate for him came and put evil seeds among the grain, and went away.

²⁰ The light is hated by everyone whose acts are evil and he does not come to the light for fear that his acts will be seen.