^{26 Ref} When I looked for good, then evil came; When I waited for light, there came darkness.

^{27 Ref} My heart is troubled, and doesn't rest. Days of affliction have come on me.

^{28 Ref} I go mourning without the sun. I stand up in the assembly, and cry for help.

^{29 Ref} I am a brother to jackals, And a companion to ostriches.

^{30 Ref} My skin grows black and peels from me. My bones are burned with heat.

^{31 Ref} Therefore is my harp turned to mourning, And my pipe into the voice of those who weep.