¹⁴ Darkness^(A) comes upon them in the daytime;
    at noon they grope as in the night.^(B)

²⁵ They grope in darkness with no light;^(A)
    he makes them stagger like drunkards.^(B)

¹⁷ For all of them, midnight is their morning;
    they make friends with the terrors^(A) of darkness.^(B)

¹⁵ The wicked are denied their light,^(A)
    and their upraised arm is broken.^(B)