⁶ The light is dark in his tent, and the light shining over him is put out.

¹⁷ How frequently is the light of the evil-doers put out, or does trouble come on them? how frequently does his wrath take them with cords?

²⁸ You, O Lord, will be my light; by you, my God, the dark will be made bright for me.

²³ And never again will the shining of lights be seen in you; and the voice of the newly-married man and the bride will never again be sounding in you: for your traders were the lords of the earth, and by your evil powers were all the nations turned out of the right way.