The wayof the wickedis like darkness;They do not knowover whatthey stumble.
"They gropein darknesswith nolight,And He makes them staggerlike a drunkenman.
"He is drivenfrom lightinto darkness,And chasedfrom the inhabitedworld.
"By daythey meetwith darkness,And gropeat noonas in the night.
They do not knownordo they understand;They walkabout in darkness;Allthe foundationsof the earthare shaken.
From those who leavethe pathsof uprightnessTo walkin the waysof darkness;
Thorns[and] snaresare in the wayof the perverse;He who guardshimselfwill be farfrom them.
Givegloryto the LORDyour God,BeforeHe bringsdarknessAnd beforeyour feetstumbleOn the duskymountains,And while you are hopingfor lightHe makesit into deepdarkness,[And] turns[it] into gloom.
"Thereforetheir waywill be like slipperypathsto them, They will be drivenawayinto the gloomand falldownin it; For I will bringcalamityupon them, The yearof their punishment,"declaresthe LORD.
"Let them alone;they are blindguidesof the blind.And ifa blind manguidesa blind man,bothwill fallinto a pit."
"And thenI will declareto them, 'I neverknewyou; DEPARTFROM ME, YOU WHO PRACTICELAWLESSNESS.'
"But ifanyonewalksin the night,he stumbles,becausethe lightis not in him."
SoJesussaidto them, "For a littlewhilelongerthe Lightis amongyou. Walkwhileyou havethe Light,sothat darknesswill not overtakeyou; he who walksin the darknessdoes not knowwherehe goes.
But the one who hateshis brotheris in the darknessand walksin the darkness,and does not knowwherehe is goingbecausethe darknesshas blindedhis eyes.
"He keepsthe feetof His godlyones,But the wickedonesare silencedin darkness;For not by mightshall a manprevail.
