⁵ They have no knowledge or sense; they go about in the dark: all the bases of the earth are moved.

¹ And I said, Give ear, now, you heads of Jacob and rulers of the people of Israel: is it not for you to have knowledge of what is right?

³ If the bases are broken down, what is the upright man to do?

¹³ Who give up the way of righteousness, to go by dark roads;

⁴ Have all the workers of evil no knowledge? they take my people for food as they would take bread; they make no prayer to the Lord.

¹¹ But he who has hate for his brother is in the dark, walking in the dark with no knowledge of where he is going, unable to see because of the dark.

¹⁹ But God's strong base is unchanging, having this sign, The Lord has knowledge of those who are his: and, Let everyone by whom the name of the Lord is named be turned away from evil.

²⁸ And because they had not the mind to keep God in their knowledge, God gave them up to an evil mind, to do those things which are not right;

³⁵ Jesus said to them, For a little time longer the light will be among you; while you have the light go on walking in it, so that the dark may not overtake you: one walking in the dark has no knowledge of where he is going.

¹⁹ And this is the test by which men are judged: the light has come into the world and men have more love for the dark than for the light, because their acts are evil.

⁹ For this cause our right is far from us, and righteousness does not overtake us: we are looking for light, but there is only the dark; for the shining of the sun, but our way is in the night.

⁷ For the vine-garden of the Lord of armies is the people of Israel, and the men of Judah are the plant of his delight: and he was looking for upright judging, and there was blood; for righteousness, and there was a cry for help.

¹⁶ And again, I saw under the sun, in the place of the judges, that evil was there; and in the place of righteousness, that evil was there.

¹⁴ The wise man's eyes are in his head, but the foolish man goes walking in the dark; but still I saw that the same event comes to them all.

¹⁹ The way of sinners is dark; they see not the cause of their fall.

²⁹ For they were haters of knowledge, and did not give their hearts to the fear of the Lord:

³ When the earth and all its people become feeble, I am the support of its pillars. (Selah.)

⁴ Have the workers of evil no knowledge? they take my people for food, as they would take bread; they make no prayer to God.