Let that day be dark; let God above not care about it; let no light shine over it.

Let the stars of its evening twilight be dark; let it hope for light but let there be none; let it not see the breaking rays of the dawn.

They grope in the dark without light; he causes them to stagger around like a drunkard."

My face is red from my tears, and dark shadows encircle my eyelids,

They have transformed night into day "The light,' they say, "is about to become dark.'

Light in his tent is dark, and his lamp goes out above him.

They break into houses in the dark; during the day they remained sealed in. They don't know daylight.

when his lamp used to shine over my head, so I could walk through the dark,

No one is fierce enough to dare to arouse him. "Who, then, can stand in my presence and face me?