<p class="poetry">They grope about in darkness<n id="1" /> without light;p> <p class="poetry">he makes them stagger<n id="2" /> like drunkards.p>

<p class="poetry">The light in his tent grows dark;p> <p class="poetry">his lamp above him is extinguished.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">He has searched<n id="1" /> the sources<n id="2" /> of the riversp> <p class="poetry">and what was hidden he has brought into the light.p>

<t /><p class="poetry">&#8220;Why does God<n id="2" /> give<n id="3" /> light to one who is in misery,<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">and life to those<n id="5" /> whose soul is bitter,p>

<p class="poetry">These men<n id="1" /> change<n id="2" /> night into day;p> <p class="poetry">they say,<n id="3" /> &#8216;The light is nearp> <p class="poetry">in the face of darkness.&#8217;<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;Yes,<n id="1" /> the lamp<n id="2" /> of the wicked is extinguished;p> <p class="poetry">his flame of fire<n id="3" /> does not shine.p>

<p class="poetry">Whatever you decide<n id="1" /> on a matter,p> <p class="poetry">it will be established for you,p> <p class="poetry">and light will shine on your ways.p>

<p class="poetry">if I looked at the sun<n id="1" /> when it was shining,p> <p class="poetry">and the moon advancing as a precious thing,p>

<p class="poetry">With his hands<n id="1" /> he covers<n id="2" /> the lightning,p> <p class="poetry">and directs it against its target.p>

<p class="poetry">Do you know how God commands them,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">how he makes lightning flash in his storm cloud?<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Its snorting throws out flashes of light;p> <p class="poetry">its eyes are like the red glow<n id="1" /> of dawn.p>

<p class="poetry">Or why<n id="1" /> was<n id="2" /> I not buried<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">like a stillborn infant,<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">like infants<n id="5" /> who have never seen the light?<n id="6" />p>

<p class="poetry">There are those<n id="1" /> who rebel against the light;p> <p class="poetry">they do not know its waysp> <p class="poetry">and they do not stay on its paths.p>

<p class="poetry">In the dark the robber<n id="1" /> breaks into houses,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">but by day they shut themselves in;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">they do not know the light.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">He marks out the horizon<n id="1" /> on the surface of the watersp> <p class="poetry">as a boundary between light and darkness.p>

<p class="poetry">But now, the sun<n id="1" /> cannot be looked at<n id="2" /> &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">it is bright in the skies &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">after a wind passed and swept the clouds away.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;In what direction<n id="1" /> does light reside,p> <p class="poetry">and darkness, where is its place,p>

<p class="poetry">In what direction is lightning<n id="1" /> dispersed,p> <p class="poetry">or the east winds scattered over the earth?p>