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12 In the city you can hear the sad sounds of dying people.
    Those who are hurt cry out for help, but God does not listen.

13 “Some people rebel against the light.
    They don’t know what God wants.
    They don’t live the way he wants.
14 A murderer gets up at dawn and kills poor, helpless people.
    And at night he becomes a thief.

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12 The groans of the dying rise from the city,
    and the souls of the wounded cry out for help.(A)
    But God charges no one with wrongdoing.(B)

13 “There are those who rebel against the light,(C)
    who do not know its ways
    or stay in its paths.(D)
14 When daylight is gone, the murderer rises up,
    kills(E) the poor and needy,(F)
    and in the night steals forth like a thief.(G)

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