¹⁷ For I have not been cut off before darkness, And before me He covered thick darkness.

⁸ My way He hedged up, and I pass not over, And on my paths darkness He placeth.

²⁰ therefore, lo, I am gathering thee unto thy fathers, and thou hast been gathered unto thy grave in peace, and thine eyes do not look on any of the evil that I am bringing in on this place;' and they bring the king back word.

⁹ That God would please -- and bruise me, Loose His hand and cut me off!

²² He believeth not to return from darkness, And watched `is' he for the sword.

⁶ The light hath been dark in his tent, And his lamp over him is extinguished.

¹⁸ They thrust him from light unto darkness, And from the habitable earth cast him out.

¹¹ Or darkness -- thou dost not see, And abundance of waters doth cover thee.

¹ The righteous hath perished, And there is none laying `it' to heart, And men of kindness are gathered, Without any considering that from the face of evil Gathered is the righteous one.