³⁰ On that day they will roar over it,
like the roaring of the sea.
When one looks at the land,
there will be darkness and distress;
light will be obscured by clouds.^[a]

⁹ Therefore justice is far from us,
and righteousness does not reach us.
We hope for light, but there is darkness;
for brightness, but we live in the night.

¹⁶ Give glory to the Lord your God^(A)
before he brings darkness,
before your feet stumble
on the mountains at dusk.
You wait for light,
but he brings darkest gloom^[a]
and makes total darkness.

¹⁸ Woe to you who long for the day of the Lord!^(A)
What will the day of the Lord be for you?
It will be darkness and not light.^(B)

²⁰ Won’t the day of the Lord
be darkness rather than light,^(A)
even gloom without any brightness in it?^(B)