⁶ That night—may thick darkness^(A) seize it;
    may it not be included among the days of the year
    nor be entered in any of the months.

¹⁷ There the wicked cease from turmoil,^(A)
    and there the weary are at rest.^(B)

⁸ He has blocked my way so I cannot pass;^(A)
    he has shrouded my paths in darkness.^(B)

⁵ “The ‘gods’ know nothing, they understand nothing.^(A)
    They walk about in darkness;^(B)
    all the foundations^(C) of the earth are shaken.

²³ I looked at the earth,
    and it was formless and empty;^(A)
and at the heavens,
    and their light^(B) was gone.