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12 Men are groaning in the city,
the mortally wounded are crying for help,
yet God finds nothing amiss!

13 “There are those who rebel against the light —
they don’t know its ways or stay in its paths.
14 The murderer rises with the light
to kill the poor and needy;
while at night he is like a thief.

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12 The groans of the dying rise from the city,
    and the souls of the wounded cry out for help.(A)
    But God charges no one with wrongdoing.(B)

13 “There are those who rebel against the light,(C)
    who do not know its ways
    or stay in its paths.(D)
14 When daylight is gone, the murderer rises up,
    kills(E) the poor and needy,(F)
    and in the night steals forth like a thief.(G)

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