Let the stars of its dawn be dark; let it hope for light, but have none, nor see the eyelids of the morning,
His sneezings flash forth light, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the dawn.
Give glory to the Lord your God before he brings darkness, before your feet stumble on the twilight mountains, and while you look for light he turns it into gloom and makes it deep darkness.
We looked for peace, but no good came; for a time of healing, but behold, terror.
But when I hoped for good, evil came, and when I waited for light, darkness came.
Let those curse it who curse the day, who are ready to rouse up Leviathan.
because it did not shut the doors of my mother’s womb, nor hide trouble from my eyes.
No one is so fierce that he dares to stir him up. Who then is he who can stand before me?