<p class="poetry">There is no darkness, and no deep darkness,p> <p class="poetry">where evildoers can hide themselves.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Tell us what we should<n id="1" /> say to him.p> <p class="poetry">We cannot prepare a case<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">because of the darkness.p>

<p class="poetry">May their path be<n id="1" /> dark and slippery,p> <p class="poetry">as the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s angel chases them!p>

<p class="poetry">Are your amazing deeds experienced<n id="1" /> in the dark region,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">or your deliverance in the land of oblivion?<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">He made it dark;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">they did not disobey his orders.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">In the darkness a light<n id="1" /> shines for the godly,p> <p class="poetry">for each one who is merciful, compassionate, and just.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">If I were to say, &#8220;Certainly the darkness will cover me,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and the light will turn to night all around me,&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">The one who curses<n id="1" /> his father and his mother,p> <p class="poetry">his lamp<n id="2" /> will be extinguished in the blackest<n id="3" /> darkness.p>

<p class="poetry">But with an overwhelming flood<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">he will make a complete end of Nineveh;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">he will drive<n id="3" /> his enemies into darkness.p>

God saw<n id="1" /> that the light was good,<n id="2" /> so God separated<n id="3" /> the light from the darkness.

to preside over the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness.<n id="1" /> God saw that it was good.

<p class="poetry">He watches over<n id="1" /> his holy ones,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">but the wicked are made speechless in the darkness,p> <p class="poetry">for it is not by one&#8217;s own strength that one prevails.p>

<p class="poetry">That day<n id="1" /> &#8211; let it be darkness;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">let not God on high regard<n id="3" /> it,p> <p class="poetry">nor let light shine<n id="4" /> on it!p>

<p class="poetry">Let darkness and the deepestp> <p class="poetry">shadow<n id="1" /> claim it;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">let a cloud settle on it;p> <p class="poetry">let whatever blackens the day<n id="3" /> terrify it!p>

<p class="poetry">He does not expect<n id="1" /> to escape from darkness;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">he is marked for the sword;<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">he wanders about &#8211; food for vultures;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">he knows that the day of darkness is at hand.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">He will not escape the darkness;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">a flame will wither his shootsp> <p class="poetry">and he will departp> <p class="poetry">by the breath of God&#8217;s mouth.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Total darkness waits to receive his treasures;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">a fire which has not been kindled<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">will consume himp> <p class="poetry">and devour what is left in his tent.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>