¹³ So that it might take a grip of the skirts of the earth, shaking all the evil-doers out of it?

³ He sends it out through all the heaven, and his thunder-flame to the ends of the earth.

³⁵ Let sinners be cut off from the earth, and let all evil-doers come to an end. Give praise to the Lord, O my soul. Give praise to the Lord.

²⁷ And when Moses' hand was stretched out over the sea, at dawn the sea came flowing back, meeting the Egyptians in their flight, and the Lord sent destruction on the Egyptians in the middle of the sea.

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.

⁴ Their line has gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them has he put a tent for the sun,

⁵ Who is like a newly married man coming from his bride-tent, and is glad like a strong runner starting on his way.

⁶ His going out is from the end of the heaven, and his circle to the ends of it; there is nothing which is not open to his heat.

²¹ The young lions go thundering after their food; searching for their meat from God.

²² The sun comes up, and they come together, and go back to their secret places to take their rest.

⁹ If I take the wings of the morning, and go to the farthest parts of the sea;

¹⁰ Even there will I be guided by your hand, and your right hand will keep me.

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

¹² Even the dark is not dark to you; the night is as bright as the day: for dark and light are the same to you.