²⁶ But ^(A)when I hoped for good, evil came,
    and when I waited for light, ^(B)darkness came.

^15 (A)We looked for peace, but no good came;
    for a time of healing, but behold, terror.

^25 (A)For the thing that I fear comes upon me,
    and what I dread befalls me.
²⁶ I am not at ease, nor am I quiet;
    I have no rest, but trouble comes.”

¹² For the inhabitants of Maroth
    wait anxiously for good,
because disaster has come down ^(A)from the Lord
    to the gate of Jerusalem.

^11 (A)Light ^(B)is sown^[a] for the righteous,
    and joy for the upright in heart.

¹⁸ Why is my pain unceasing,
    ^(A)my wound incurable,
    refusing to be healed?
Will you be to me ^(B)like a deceitful brook,
    like waters that fail?

^18 (A)Then I thought, ‘I shall die in my ^(B)nest,
    and I shall multiply my days as ^(C)the sand,