Let the stars of its twilight be dark; let it look for light, but have none. Let it not see the eyelids of the dawn.
For it did not shut up the doors of my mother's womb, nor hide sorrow from my eyes.
Let those curse it who curse the day, who are ready to stir up Leviathan.
When I looked for good, then evil came; and when I waited for light, then darkness came.
None is so fierce as to dare to stir him up; who then is able to stand before Me?
His sneezings flash forth light, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the dawn.
Give glory to Jehovah your God, before He causes darkness, and before your feet stumble on the dark mountains, and, while you look for light, He turns it into the shadow of death, setting up deep gloom.
We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, but behold, trouble!