²⁶ I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; yet trouble came.

¹⁷ Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face.

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

⁴ For he cometh in with vanity, and departeth in darkness, and his name shall be covered with darkness.

⁹ Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness.

¹⁵ We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, and behold trouble!

¹⁹ Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul lothed Zion? why hast thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? we looked for peace, and there is no good; and for the time of healing, and behold trouble!

² He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light.