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13 “There are people who fight against the light.
    God’s ways are strange to them.
    And they do not stay in the lighted path.
14 When the light of day is gone, the murderer gets up.
    He kills poor and needy people.
    At night he goes about like a thief.
15 The person who is guilty of adultery watches for the night.
    He thinks, ‘No one will see me.’
    And he keeps his face covered.

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13 “There are those who rebel against the light,(A)
    who do not know its ways
    or stay in its paths.(B)
14 When daylight is gone, the murderer rises up,
    kills(C) the poor and needy,(D)
    and in the night steals forth like a thief.(E)
15 The eye of the adulterer(F) watches for dusk;(G)
    he thinks, ‘No eye will see me,’(H)
    and he keeps his face concealed.

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