¹⁴ They encounter darkness by day,
and they grope at noon
as if it were night.^(A)

⁶ the plague that stalks in darkness,
or the pestilence that ravages at noon.^(A)

⁹ Therefore justice is far from us,
and righteousness does not reach us.
We hope for light, but there is darkness;
for brightness, but we live in the night.
¹⁰ We grope along a wall like the blind;
we grope like those without eyes.^(A)
We stumble at noon as though it were twilight;
we are like the dead among those who are healthy.