¹⁷ Darkness is all around me;
    thick, impenetrable darkness is everywhere.

⁸ God has blocked my way so I cannot move.
    He has plunged my path into darkness.

¹¹ That is why you cannot see in the darkness,
    and waves of water cover you.

¹⁸ They will be thrust from light into darkness,
    driven from the world.

⁶ The light in their tent will grow dark.
    The lamp hanging above them will be quenched.

²² They dare not go out into the darkness
    for fear they will be murdered.

⁹ I wish he would crush me.
    I wish he would reach out his hand and kill me.