to the land of utter darkness, like the deepest darkness, and the deepest shadow and disorder, where even the light is like darkness.”

Yet I have not been silent because of the darkness, because of the thick darkness that covered my face.

That night – let darkness seize it; let it not be included among the days of the year; let it not enter among the number of the months!

Man puts an end to the darkness; he searches the farthest recesses for the ore in the deepest darkness.

But when I hoped for good, trouble came; when I expected light, then darkness came.

For look, the wicked prepare their bows, they put their arrows on the strings, to shoot in the darkness at the morally upright.

David said to Gad, “I am very upset! I prefer to be attacked by the Lord, for his mercy is very great; I do not want to be attacked by men!”