^{26 Ref} When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.

^{27 Ref} My bowels boiled, and rested not: the days of affliction prevented me.

^{28 Ref} I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, and I cried in the congregation.

^{29 Ref} I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls.

^{30 Ref} My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat.

^{31 Ref} My harp also is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of them that weep.