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12 ·These men think night is [L They make night into] day;
    ·when it is dark, they say, ‘Light is near [L light is near the darkness].’
13 If the only home I hope for is ·the grave [L Sheol; C the place of the dead],
    if I spread out my bed in darkness,
14 if I say to the ·grave [L pit], ‘You are my father,’
    and to the worm, ‘You are my mother’ or ‘You are my sister,’

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12 turn night into day;(A)
    in the face of the darkness light is near.(B)
13 If the only home I hope for is the grave,(C)
    if I spread out my bed(D) in the realm of darkness,(E)
14 if I say to corruption,(F) ‘You are my father,’
    and to the worm,(G) ‘My mother’ or ‘My sister,’

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