²⁶ When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.

¹⁵ We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, and behold trouble!

¹⁹ Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul lothed Zion? why hast thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? we looked for peace, and there is no good; and for the time of healing, and behold trouble!

²⁵ For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me.

²⁶ I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; yet trouble came.

¹² For the inhabitant of Maroth waited carefully for good: but evil came down from the Lord unto the gate of Jerusalem.

¹⁰ Who is among you that feareth the Lord, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the Lord, and stay upon his God.

¹¹ Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.

¹⁸ Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which refuseth to be healed? wilt thou be altogether unto me as a liar, and as waters that fail?

¹⁸ Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand.

¹⁷ Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face.