Let the stars of its dawn be dark; let it hope for light but there be none, and let it not see [the] eyelids of dawn

which are growing dark because of ice upon them, it will pile up snow.

If I am guilty, woe to me! But if I am righteous, I dare not lift my head; [I am] filled [with] shame, and [just] look [at] my misery!

They grope [in] the dark {without} light, and he makes them stagger like a drunkard.

The light becomes dark in his tent, and his lamp above him is put out.

or [it is so] dark you cannot see, and a flood of water covers you.

Reaching it [with the] sword does not avail, [nor] [with the] spear, [the] dart, or [the] javelin.