²⁶ I have no peace,^(A) no quietness;
    I have no rest,^(B) but only turmoil.”^(C)

¹⁷ Yet I am not silenced by the darkness,^(A)
    by the thick darkness that covers my face.

²⁶ Yet when I hoped for good, evil came;
    when I looked for light, then came darkness.^(A)

⁹ So justice is far from us,
    and righteousness does not reach us.
We look for light, but all is darkness;^(A)
    for brightness, but we walk in deep shadows.

¹⁵ We hoped for peace^(A)
    but no good has come,
for a time of healing
    but there is only terror.^(B)

¹⁹ Have you rejected Judah completely?^(A)
    Do you despise Zion?
Why have you afflicted us
    so that we cannot be healed?^(B)
We hoped for peace
    but no good has come,
for a time of healing
    but there is only terror.^(C)

² He has driven me away and made me walk
    in darkness^(A) rather than light;