¹³ “^[a]Others have been with those who rebel against the light;
They do not want to know its ways
Nor stay in its paths.
¹⁴ The murderer ^(B)arises at dawn;
He ^(C)kills the poor and the needy,
And at night he is like a thief.
¹⁵ The eye of the ^(D)adulterer watches for ^[b]twilight,
Saying, ‘No eye will see me.’
And he ^[c]disguises his face.
¹⁶ In the darkness they ^(E)dig into houses,
They ^(F)shut themselves up by day;
They do not know the light.
¹⁷ For the morning is the same to him as thick darkness,
For he is familiar with the ^(G)terrors of thick darkness.

¹⁸ “They are ^[d](H)insignificant on the surface of the water;
Their plot of land on the earth is ^(I)cursed.
They do not turn ^[e]toward the ^(J)vineyards.
¹⁹ Dryness and heat ^(K)snatch away the snow waters,
As ^[f](L)Sheol snatches those who have sinned.
²⁰ A ^[g](M)mother will forget him;
The ^(N)maggot feeds sweetly until he is ^(O)no longer remembered.
And injustice will be broken ^(P)like a tree.
²¹ He wrongs the ^[h]infertile woman,
And does no good for ^(Q)the widow.
²² But He drags off the mighty by ^(R)His power;
He rises, but ^(S)no one has assurance of life.
²³ He provides them ^(T)with security, and they are supported;
And His ^(U)eyes are on their ways.
²⁴ They are exalted a ^(V)little while, then they are gone;
Moreover, they are ^(W)brought low, and like everything they are gathered up;
Like the heads of grain they wither.
²⁵ Now if it is not so, ^(X)who can prove me a liar,
And make my speech worthless?”