So have I also endured months of vanity, and nights of pain have been appointed me.

Whenever I lie down, I say, When [will it be] day? And whenever I rise up, again [I say] when [will it be] evening? And I am full of pains from evening to morning.

I said that my bed should comfort me, and I would privately counsel with myself on my couch.

You scare me with dreams, and terrify me with visions.

But having known their works, He delivered them into darkness; and in the night one will be as a thief.

In darkness he digs through houses; by day they conceal themselves securely; they know not the light.

In the morning you shall say, If only it were evening! And in the evening you shall say, If only it were morning! For the fear of your heart with which you shall fear, and for the sights of your eyes which you shall see.