¹⁴ Darkness^(A) comes upon them in the daytime;
    at noon they grope as in the night.^(B)

⁶ nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness,
    nor the plague that destroys at midday.

⁹ So justice is far from us,
    and righteousness does not reach us.
We look for light, but all is darkness;^(A)
    for brightness, but we walk in deep shadows.
¹⁰ Like the blind^(B) we grope along the wall,
    feeling our way like people without eyes.
At midday we stumble^(C) as if it were twilight;
    among the strong, we are like the dead.^(D)

“I will make the sun go down at noon
    and darken the earth in broad daylight.^(A)