12 turn night into day;(A)
    in the face of the darkness light is near.(B)

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12 They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.

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14 When daylight is gone, the murderer rises up,
    kills(A) the poor and needy,(B)
    and in the night steals forth like a thief.(C)
15 The eye of the adulterer(D) watches for dusk;(E)
    he thinks, ‘No eye will see me,’(F)
    and he keeps his face concealed.
16 In the dark, thieves break into houses,(G)
    but by day they shut themselves in;
    they want nothing to do with the light.(H)

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14 The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.

15 The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face.

16 In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.

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13 When I think my bed will comfort me
    and my couch will ease my complaint,(A)
14 even then you frighten me with dreams
    and terrify(B) me with visions,(C)

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13 When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaints;

14 Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions:

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so I have been allotted months of futility,
    and nights of misery have been assigned to me.(A)
When I lie down I think, ‘How long before I get up?’(B)
    The night drags on, and I toss and turn until dawn.(C)

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So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.

When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day.

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67 In the morning you will say, “If only it were evening!” and in the evening, “If only it were morning!”—because of the terror that will fill your hearts and the sights that your eyes will see.(A)

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67 In the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were even! and at even thou shalt say, Would God it were morning! for the fear of thine heart wherewith thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.

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