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17 For all of them, morning is their darkness.[a]
They are familiar with the sudden terror of darkness.
18 They float by like foam on the surface of the water.
Their portion of the land is cursed,
so no one turns onto the road to their vineyards.
19 As drought and heat snatch away the water from the snow,
the grave snatches away a sinner.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 24:17 This is the same Hebrew word often translated shadow of death. Here it seems to be the similar word that means darkness.